December 28, 2023 12:56 pm | Updated 12:56 pm IST - MOSCOWA Soviet-era Antonov-24 aircraft carrying 30 passengers landed on a frozen river near an airport in Russia's far east on December 28 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. Prosecutors published pictures of the aircraft on a frozen river. The Izvestia newspaper published pictures of passengers disembarking. "The An-24 aircraft landed outside of the runway of the Zyryanka airport," Polar Airlines said in a short statement.

Source: The Hindu December 28, 2023 11:25 UTC