Zheng Zhenduo, born on December 19, 1898 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, is an outstanding social activist, writer, poet and scholar in modern China. During the "May Fourth" period, there were two major fronts in the Chinese New Culture Movement, one was the "Creation Society" composed of Guo Moruo, Yu Dafu and others, and the other was the "Literary Research Society" composed of Zheng Zhenduo, Mao Dun and others.
Zheng Zhenduo in a nap
On October 17, 1958, Zheng Zhenduo, as vice minister of Culture of China, led a cultural delegation to Afghanistan and other countries, when he flew from Beijing to Moscow, and then changed planes to Kabul (the capital of Afghanistan), but the plane had an accident in the Kanash region of the Soviet Union, and he also died at the age of 60. The director of this factory next combs through the whole process of what happened to you:
The director of the factory drew a second view of the Tu-104 airliner cccp-42362 carried by Zheng Zhenduo's delegation
The director of the factory drew the details of the front of the starboard side of the Tu-104 airliner cccp-42362 carried by the Zheng Zhenduo delegation
Details of the rear of the starboard side of the Tu-104 airliner cccp-42362 drawn by the director of the factory
The director of the factory drew the details of the middle starboard of the Tu-104 passenger plane cccp-42362 carried by the Zheng Zhenduo delegation
At Nanyuan Airport in Beijing on October 17, 1958, a Tu-104a passenger aircraft belonging to Soviet civil aviation with aircraft number cccp-42362 (left the factory at the end of July 1958, less than three months old, only 465 hours of flight, completely a new aircraft) was waiting to take off. The plane is a special plane that plans to take off from Beijing Nanyuan Airport, stop in Omsk and then fly to Vnukovo Airport in Moscow. In addition to the 6 crew members and 3 crew members, there were 71 passengers on the plane, most of whom were members of diplomatic delegations from countries friendly to the Soviet Union, who were ready to take the plane to Moscow to participate in official events.
Passengers on board came from 14 countries, the largest of which was a Chinese cultural delegation led by Zheng Zhenduo, then vice minister of culture, and Cai Shufan, director of the National Defense Sports Club, who planned to arrive in Moscow and then transit to Afghanistan and the United Arab Republic (formed by the merger of Egypt and Syria and then parted ways), as well as some Soviet experts returning from China to visit their relatives.
In their youth, Mr. and Mrs. Zheng Zhenduo had a deep affection
The captain was Anton Filimonovich Atmov, the co-pilot was Igor Aleksandrovich Rogokin, the random engineer Ivan Vladmlovich Weselov, the navigator Yevgeny Andrevich Mulenko, the radio operator Alexander Sedyvic Fedrov, the fire controller, Captain Harold Dmitryvich Kuznetsov (although the Tu-104 was no longer armed, However, the formation of the fire controller on the prototype Tu-16 bomber was retained and served by active military personnel, which was a major feature of Soviet civil aviation at that time. They are all crew members with extensive flight experience, but the time to fly the Tu 104 is not very long.
At that time, the weather in the places where the route passed was very good, suitable for long-distance flights.
After some delays (originally scheduled to take off in the morning), cccp-42362 took off from Beijing Nanyuan Airport in the afternoon, and the plane was scheduled to arrive at Moscow Vnukovo Airport at around 11 p.m. that same day.
After about six hours of flight, CCCP-42362 was about 500 kilometers away from Moscow, cruising at an altitude of 10,000 meters over the Kanash region of the Chuvash Republic. Since there was fog over Moscow Vnukovo airport at this time, the air traffic control department instructed a special aircraft to be diverted to Sverdlov airport.
A few minutes later, the plane entered an airspace with abnormal airflow, and the crew noticed a strong turbulence in front of them. At 21:25 p.m., the plane encountered an even stronger updraft. As a result, the plane's flight elevation suddenly increased dramatically, and the captain shouted: "The angle is too big, press down", and the co-pilot replied: "No, it is useless".
Computer simulation of cccp-42362 aircraft with a nose elevation of more than 40° climb
Soon the nose elevation angle reached 40°, and the unit had no way to eliminate the elevation angle. Driven by this updraft, the aircraft was quickly "climbed" from an altitude of 10,000 meters to 12,000 meters, and the crew finally decided to reduce the engine thrust to slow the climb. Since the altitude at this time had exceeded the maximum lift limit specified by the Tu-104 (practical ceiling of 10,670 meters, maximum lift limit of 11,000 meters), a stall alarm sounded in the cab, and the aircraft began to dive downwards at the same time.
Computer simulation of cccp-42362 aircraft stalling and then starting to dive downwards
The captain ordered the radio operator to report the aircraft to the ground and call for help.
Due to the stall too fast, the elevator and rudder were stuck and could not be adjusted, and the aircraft began to enter a spiral falling state. Desperate screams and cries echoed in the cab and cabin.
Computer simulation of cccp-42362 aircraft entering the tail spin
After the hard work of the crew, the aircraft finally successfully changed out of the spiral state at an altitude of 2000 meters above the ground, and the dive angle was reduced, but the aircraft still dived downward uncontrollably. In the end, the crew decided that this altitude could not be leveled at all, and sent a final telegram to the ground: "It's over, we're going to die, goodbye!" ”
At the last moments of CCCP-42362, the crew sent a message to the ground "It's over, we're going to die, goodbye!" ”
Eventually, cccp-42362 crashed near the Apenika railway station, west of the Kanash region, 500 kilometers from Moscow, leaving none of the 71 passengers, 3 crew members, and 6 crew members alive.
The post-mortem investigation concluded that due to the aircraft entering a strong turbulence area, it exceeded the critical point of attack and lost control, and the crew still tried to control the aircraft at the last moment, showing sufficient professionalism. Thereafter, the Civil Aviation Administration of the USSR stipulated that the maximum altitude of the Tu-104 passenger aircraft should not exceed 9,000 meters in the future, and redesigned the aircraft's flight stabilizer.
According to Zheng Zhenduo's son Zheng Erkang recalled in the book "My Father Zheng Zhenduo", October 17 was scheduled to depart in the morning, but the plane was delayed and could not leave, so in the morning Zheng Zhenduo said goodbye to his family "I am gone", and soon returned home from the airport, and when he was notified in the afternoon that he could leave, he said goodbye to his family again: "This time, I am really gone!" Zheng Zhenduo really "left".
Zheng Zhenduo, who became vice minister of culture, took a picture
Performance data
Model: Figure 104
Designer: Tupolev Design Bureau
Crew: Crew 3 + 70 crew
Length: 35.85 m (fuselage)
Wingspan: 34.54 m
Height: 11.9 meters
Empty weight: 55870 kg
Maximum takeoff weight: 80,000 kg
Maximum commercial load: 15655 kg
Engines: two Mikulin am3 turbojet engines with a single thrust of 4350 kg
Economic cruise flight speed: 900 km / h
Practical ceiling: 10670 meters
Maximum range: 2650 km
Maximum capacity range: 1900 km