No-one was hurt when the Polar Airlines plane landed on the River Kolyma, because of pilot error.

A passenger plane with 34 people on board has landed on a frozen river in Russia’s Far East, apparently because of a mistake by the pilot.

No-one was hurt when the Polar Airlines Soviet-era Antonov An-24 plane came to a halt on Thursday morning not far from land, on the frozen River Kolyma.

The plane landed off the runway of Zyryanka airport.

Initial inquiries said pilot error was to blame, prosecutors said. Thirty passengers and four crew were on board.

  • bean@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    9 months ago

    I wonder if like, the GPS was jammed? But damn, seriously? Something that heavy on a lake, albeit frozen still, seems nuts.

    • themelm@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      51·
      9 months ago

      Eh, we have ice roads across lakes in the winter time for heavy hauling and everyone drives their vehicles out to go ice fishing and shit. I’d be more concerned that buddy just didn’t known where the runway was lol.

      • bean@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        9 months ago

        I mean isn’t a plane much more mass than a car? 🤔 I don’t assume thickness. Clearly the plane landed and the people are safe so. I can’t refute it. I just am very surprised I suppose.

        • Lord_Kettle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          51·
          9 months ago

          This is smaller plane, maximum takeoff load is about 20 tons, and it probably wasn’t fully loaded, full semi-truck can be about 35 tons so it isn’t that impossible, aluminium is super light material.