Aeroflot Flight 366
A Tu-124 similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 21 August 1963 |
| Summary | Fuel exhaustion due to pilot error and maintenance error |
| Site | |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Tupolev Tu-124 |
| Operator | Aeroflot |
| IATA flight No. | SU366 |
| ICAO flight No. | AFL366 |
| Call sign | AEROFLOT 366 |
| Registration | CCCP-45021 |
| Flight origin | Tallinn-Ülemiste Airport, Tallinn, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Destination | Moskva-Vnukovo Airport, Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Passengers | 45 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Survivors | 52 |
Aeroflot Flight 366, also known as the Miracle on the Neva, was a water landing by a Tupolev Tu-124 of the Soviet state airline Aeroflot (Moscow division). The aircraft took off from Tallinn-Ülemiste Airport at 08:55 local time on 21 August 1963 with 45 passengers and 7 crew on board. The aircraft was scheduled to fly to Moskva–Vnukovo. After takeoff, the nose gear did not retract. Ground control diverted the flight to Leningrad because of fog at Tallinn.