Zyryanka Frozen River Landing
 

A Soviet-era Antonov-24 with 30 passengers landed on a frozen river near Zyryanka in Russia's far east due to pilot error, as confirmed by transport prosecutors.

The Polar Airlines An-24 landed safely on the Kolyma river, and all passengers disembarked without casualties. The incident occurred outside the Zyryanka airport runway.

All 30 passengers safely disembarked. No casualties reported. The pilots said they "confused" it with their landing strip.

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Looks like (from Google Earth) the normal landing strip isn't much more than a cleared area adjacent to the river....

"Captain, much smoother than the last time... " :E

Transport prosecutors’ 😬

I noted that too!

"Of course we have a Just Culture here! The guilty b@$t@r$ will be given the opportunity to read our findings!"

Surely it was a "special landing operation"?

One way to avoid landing fees