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30 People On Board A Soviet-Era Planes Accidentally Lands On Russia Frozen River

Transport prosecutors stated that a Soviet-era Antonov-24 plane carrying 30 passengers landed on a frozen river near an airfield in Russia’s Far East on Thursday owing to pilot error.

According to the prosecutors, the Polar Airlines An-24 landed safely on the Kolyma River near Zyryanka in the Yakutia region.

In a statement, a spokesperson for the Eastern Siberian transport prosecutor stated, “According to preliminary information, the cause of the aviation incident was an error by the crew in piloting the aircraft”.

Prosecutors released images of the plane on a frozen river. The Izvestia released photographs of passengers disembarking.

In a brief statement, Polar Airlines said, “The An-24 aircraft landed outside of the runway of the Zyryanka airport”.

“There were no casualties”, the statement reads.

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