Airplane Crash - Near Leningrad , Russia 08/21/1963
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Near Leningrad , Russia
| Date | 08/21/1963 |
| Time | 12:15 |
| Location | Near Leningrad , Russia |
| Operator | Aeroflot |
| Route | Tallinn - Moscow |
| Type | Tupelov Tu-124 |
| Registration | CCCP-45021 |
| Cn/In | 2350701 |
| Aboard | 52 |
| Fatalities | 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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