metro station. Forty-five people were killed in the crash, including the fighter pilot as well as both crew members and the 33 passengers on the Maxim Gorky, and an additional nine people on the ground. ANT-20bis A replacement aircraft, designated ANT-20bis had begun production the following year and first flew in 1938. It was largely identical in design but with six more-powerful Mikulin AM-34FRNV engines. In December 1940, the aircraft was re-engined with two slightly more powerful Mikulin AM-35 engines in the inner positions (numbers three and four). This aircraft, designated PS-124 and registered CCCP-L760, served with Aeroflot on transport routes in Russia and Uzbekistan. On 14 December 1942, it crashed after the pilot allowed a passenger to take his seat momentarily and the passenger apparently disengaged the automatic pilot, sending the airplane into a nosedive from an altitude of , killing all 36 on board. Operators Specifications See also References External links (formerly linked video clip is no longer accessible) ANT-20 Eight-engined push-pull aircraft 1930s Soviet airliners 1930s Soviet special-purpose aircraft Aviation accidents and incidents in the Soviet Union Aviation accidents and incidents in 1935 Aviation accidents and incidents in 1942 Aircraft first flown in 1934