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Index Aeroflot Flight 366

Aeroflot Flight 366 (Рейс 366 Аэрофлота), 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).[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 24 relations: Admiralty, Saint Petersburg, Aeroflot, Air traffic control, Alexander Nevsky Bridge, Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge, Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, Fog, Fuel, Landing gear, List of airline flights that required gliding, Neva, Pilot error, Pulkovo Airport, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Saint Isaac's Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Soviet Union, Tallinn, Tallinn Airport, Tugboat, Tupolev Tu-124, US Airways Flight 1549, Vnukovo International Airport, Water landing.

  2. 1960s in Leningrad
  3. 1963 in Russia
  4. 1963 in the Soviet Union
  5. Accidents and incidents involving the Tupolev Tu-124
  6. Airliner accidents and incidents caused by fuel exhaustion
  7. Airliner accidents and incidents involving ditching
  8. August 1963 events in Europe
  9. Aviation accidents and incidents in 1963

Admiralty, Saint Petersburg

The Admiralty building is the former headquarters of the Admiralty Board and the Imperial Russian Navy in Central St. Petersburg, Russia and the current headquarters of the Russian Navy.

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Aeroflot

PJSC AeroflotRussian Airlines (ПАО "Аэрофло́т — Росси́йские авиали́нии"), commonly known as Aeroflot (or; Аэрофлот), is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Russia.

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Air traffic control

Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers (people) who direct aircraft on the ground and through a given section of controlled airspace, and can provide advisory services to aircraft in non-controlled airspace.

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Alexander Nevsky Bridge

The Alexander Nevsky Bridge (Мост Алекса́ндра Не́вского, Most Aleksandra Nevskogo) in St Petersburg, Russia is named after the legendary Russian military commander and politician Alexander Nevsky.

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Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge

Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge (Большеохтинский мост, before 1917 - Peter the Great Bridge, Мост Петра́ Вели́кого, Most Petra Velikogo; from 1917 to 1956 - Bolsheokhtensky Bridge, Большеохтенский мост; also known as Okhtinsky Bridge, Охтинский мост) is a bridge across the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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The Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (Estonian SSR), Soviet Estonia, or simply Estonia, was a union republic of the Soviet Union (USSR), covering the occupied and annexed territory of Estonia in 1940–1941 and 1944–1991.

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Fog

Fog is a visible aerosol consisting of tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air at or near the Earth's surface.

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Fuel

A fuel is any material that can be made to react with other substances so that it releases energy as thermal energy or to be used for work.

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Landing gear

Landing gear is the undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft that is used for taxiing, takeoff or landing.

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List of airline flights that required gliding

Airplane gliding occurs when all the engines shut down, but the wings are still functional and can be used for a controlled descent.

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Neva

The Neva (a) is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast (historical region of Ingria) to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland.

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Pilot error

In aviation, pilot error generally refers to an action or decision made by a pilot that is a substantial contributing factor leading to an aviation accident. It also includes a pilot's failure to make a correct decision or take proper action.

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Pulkovo Airport

Pulkovo Airport (p) is an international airport serving St. Petersburg, Russia.

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The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR or RSFSR), previously known as the Russian Soviet Republic and the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, and unofficially as Soviet Russia,Declaration of Rights of the laboring and exploited people, article I. was an independent federal socialist state from 1917 to 1922, and afterwards the largest and most populous constituent republic of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1922 to 1991, until becoming a sovereign part of the Soviet Union with priority of Russian laws over Union-level legislation in 1990 and 1991, the last two years of the existence of the USSR..

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Saint Isaac's Cathedral

Saint Isaac's Cathedral or Isaakievskiy Sobor (Isaákiyevskiy Sobór) is a large architectural landmark cathedral that currently functions as a museum with occasional church services in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and most populous city of Estonia.

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Tallinn Airport

Tallinn Airport (Tallinna lennujaam) or Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport (Lennart Meri Tallinna lennujaam) is the largest airport in Estonia, which serves as the secondary hub for AirBaltic and the cargo airline Airest.

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Tugboat

A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line.

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Tupolev Tu-124

The Tupolev Tu-124 (NATO reporting name: Cookpot) is a 56-passenger short-range twinjet airliner built in the Soviet Union.

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US Airways Flight 1549

US Airways Flight 1549 was a regularly scheduled US Airways flight from New York City's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte and Seattle, in the United States. Aeroflot Flight 366 and US Airways Flight 1549 are airliner accidents and incidents involving ditching.

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Vnukovo International Airport

Vnukovo, formally Vnukovo Andrei Tupolev International Airport (named after Andrei Tupolev) (p), is a dual-runway international airport located in Vnukovo District, southwest of the centre of Moscow, Russia.

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Water landing

In aviation, a water landing is, in the broadest sense, an aircraft landing on a body of water.

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See also

1960s in Leningrad

  • Aeroflot Flight 366

1963 in Russia

1963 in the Soviet Union

Accidents and incidents involving the Tupolev Tu-124

Airliner accidents and incidents caused by fuel exhaustion

Airliner accidents and incidents involving ditching

August 1963 events in Europe

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1963

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_366

Also known as 1963 Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-124 Neva river ditching, Tupolev 124 ditching in Neva River, СССР-45021.