- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: August 21, 1963
Time: 1215
Location: Near Leningrad , Russia
Operator: Aeroflot
Flight #: ?
Route: Tallinn - Moscow
AC Type: Tupolev Tu-124
Registration: CCCP-45021
cn / ln: 2350701
Aboard: 52   (passengers:45  crew:7)
Fatalities: 0   (passengers:0  crew:0)
Ground: 0
Summary: After the landing gear did not retract after takeoff the flight was diverted to Leningrad because of fog. After circling for a long time the plane began to lose it's engines because of fuel starvation and a ditch was carried out in River Neva.
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