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1963 Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-124 Neva river ditching

1963 CE · Europe · Disaster

1963 Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-124 Neva river ditching
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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. 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.

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