Russia: Polar Airlines plane lands on frozen river by mistake
A Antonov-24 aircraft carrying 30 passengers landed on a frozen river near an airport in Russia’s far east on Thursday because of pilot error, transport prosecutors said.
The Polar Airlines An-24 landed safely on the Kolyma river near Zyryanka in the Yakutia region, the prosecutors said.
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“According to preliminary information, the cause of the aviation incident was an error by the crew in piloting the aircraft,” a spokesperson for the Eastern Siberian transport prosecutor said in a statement.
“The An-24 aircraft landed outside of the runway of the Zyryanka airport,” Polar Airlines said in a short statement.
“There were no casualties,” it said.
With information from Reuters
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