Russian passenger plane mistakenly lands on frozen river

• Initial investigations suggest pilot error as the cause.
• A passenger’s video shows the plane at the center of the frozen river.
• Zyryanka’s temperatures can drop to -40°C during this time.

In an unusual incident, a Polar Airlines Soviet-era Antonov An-24 plane, carrying 30 passengers and four crew members, landed on a frozen river near Zyryanka in Russia’s Far East.

The flight, PI217,…