2023-12-31 07:31:55
There have been many interesting and dangerous reports related to air travel recently. Again, such a report has come out. The report concerns a Russian plane with 30 passengers on board that crashed into a frozen river. The plane landed with passengers on the frozen surface of the Kolyma River, which is known for its freezing weather and temperatures below 0 degrees Celsius.
According to the BBC, on December 28, flight YAP217, which took off from Yakutsk, the capital of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Russia, unexpectedly landed in the river. The flight was bound for Sirianga, 1,100 km away. As the plane approached the Siriyanka airport, the pilot attempted to land it on the runway when it skidded off the runway and overshot the Kolyma River. It is said that the pilot might not see the runway properly due to snow cover, which caused such an error.
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. pic.twitter.com/lXKK71z411
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At the same time, in the statement released by the spokesperson of the Eastern Siberian Transport Prosecutor, it is said that the error on the part of the pilot caused such a serious fall. There were 30 passengers and four crew on board at the time of the incident. A press release from the Russian airline indicated that fortunately no one was injured. The Territorial Department of the Federal Air Transport Agency said it has launched an investigation into the reasons that led to such a dangerous landing.
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