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An investigation has been launched by the Federal Air Transport Agency in Russia after a Antonov An-24 carrying 30 passengers mistakenly landed on a frozen river.��
According to the East Siberian Transport Prosecutor�s Office, the Antonov An-24 aircraft, operated by Polar Airlines, was due to land on a runway in the town of Zyryanka in the Republic of Sakha on December 28, 2023.�
However, the passenger plane, with four crew onboard, �deviated from the runway during landing and landed on a sand spit of the Kolyma River�.�
An official representing the Republic of Sakha said there were no injuries as a result of the incident.�
According to preliminary information, the cause of the mistaken landing was pilot error. �
Polar Airlines released a short statement on its website confirming that an An-24 aircraft landed off the runway of Zyryanka Airport (ZKP)and that the plane did not sustain any damage.�
Accident investigators from the regional department of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency advised that they were flying to the scene of the incident.��
The East Siberian Transport Prosecutor�s Office said it is �establishing the circumstances surrounding the landing of an aircraft off the runway�.�
At the time of the incident the aircraft was flying from Yakutsk to Zyryanka and was due to continue on to Srednekolymsk followed by Yakuts.�
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