Russian passenger plane landed on a frozen river. Here’s why

As 2023 came to an end, short videos and images of a Russian passenger plane that had landed on a frozen river went viral on the internet. Preliminary investigations have now placed the blame for the incident on the piloting crew, media reports said. No passenger or member of the crew was hurt.

A Polar Airlines Antonov An-24RV aircraft (RA-47821) carrying 30 passengers landed on a frozen Kolyma River instead of the runway at the airport in the village of Zyryanka in Russia’s far east on Thursday 28 December because of pilot error, transport prosecutors said.#aircraft