The pilot mistook the frozen Kolyma River for a small landing strip at remote Zyryanka, some 70 miles below the Arctic Circle with a population of less than 4,000 people.

A Soviet-era Antonov-24 aircraft carrying 30 passengers landed on a frozen river near an airport in Russia’s far east on Thursday because of pilot error, transport prosecutors said.

32,000-year-old frozen remains used to grow ancient Arctic flower The plant is a narrow-leafed campion grown in petri dishes from organic materials pulled from the banks of the Kolyma River in ...

AK&M 07 August 2025 02:29 RusHydro has completed the construction of the Ust-Srednekanskaya HPP on the Kolyma River in the Magadan region. This 570 MW HPP is located downstream from the Kolyma HPP and ...

[1/2]A view shows a Polar Airlines' Antonov-24 passenger aircraft following its landing on the Kolyma river near an airport in Zyryanka in the Yakutia region, Russia, December 28, 2023.

No casualties as the Soviet-era aircraft carrying 30 passengers lands safely on the Kolyma river near Zyryanka in the Yakutia region A Soviet-era Antonov-24 aircraft carrying 30 passengers landed ...