Editing Neva (section)

==Notable incidents==
{{see also|Tupolev 124 ditching in Neva River}}

On 21 August 1963, a Soviet twinjet [[Tupolev Tu-124|Tu-124]] airliner performed an emergency [[water landing]] on the Neva near the [[Finland Railway Bridge]]. The plane took off from [[Tallinn]]-Ülemiste Airport ([[Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport|TLL]]) at 08:55 on 21 August 1963 with 45 passengers and seven crew on board and was scheduled to land at [[Moscow]]-Vnukovo ([[Vnukovo International Airport|VKO]]). After liftoff, the crew noticed that the nose gear undercarriage did not retract, and the [[Air traffic control|ground control]] diverted the flight to [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]] ([[Pulkovo Airport|LED]]) because of [[fog]] at Tallinn. While circling above St. Petersburg at the altitude of {{convert|1650|ft|m}}, under unclear circumstances (lack of fuel was one of the factors), both engines stalled. The crew performed an emergency landing on the Neva River, barely missing some of its bridges and an 1898-built steam [[tugboat]]. The tugboat rushed to the plane and towed it to the shore. The plane's pilot was at first fired from his job but was later reinstated and awarded the [[Order of the Red Star]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.aviaport.ru/digest/2009/01/16/164980.html|publisher = AviaPort|title = A320 splashed on the Hudson, as the Tu-124 on the Neva River in 1963|access-date = 23 June 2010|archive-date = 29 September 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110929013705/http://www.aviaport.ru/digest/2009/01/16/164980.html|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19630821-2|publisher = Aviation Safety Network|title = Accident description|access-date = 23 June 2010|archive-date = 11 January 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120111114430/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19630821-2|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.nevariver.ru/airplane.php|publisher = Petrovsky Courier, No 41 (211)|date = 2 November 1998|title = The plane could land on the city but landed... on Neva|access-date = 23 June 2010|archive-date = 27 April 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120427235218/http://www.nevariver.ru/airplane.php|url-status = live}}</ref>