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.

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    11 months ago

    U.S. pilot landed on Hudson river. Of course, Russia wants to top this.

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      11 months ago

      China claims historical documents saying that they were the first to do it 50,000 years ago.