Russian Aircraft Lands On Frozen River... By Mistake?

I just don’t see any possible way that an article like this belongs in OMAAT.

Is it just because an airplane is involved?

Ben I was hoping you would post about the AA passengers meltdown a CLT the other day. The Dolly & Shelby rant was phenomenal (also sad) but based on Twitter the internet loved it. "Think of the girls! Think of the girls!" It was so ridiculous but also perfect.

OMAAT isn't just about reviewing gorgeous airport lounges

Somewhere Napoleon is saying, “Fire the cannons onto the ice!”

On a positive note, the river was frozen at the time...

OMAAT has plenty of articles like this and always has. If the article is not to your liking, youre welcome to not read it.

From the weather forecast for Zyryanka over the next few days: Saturday -38, Sunday -46, Monday -39. These are in F, and these are day temperatures, nights are colder.

When it's that cold, you can just as easily land an A380 carrying the 747 shuttle carrier carrying the space shuttle - it's all fully frozen thru anyways.

I'm actually more curious if this was a one off. I wouldn't be surprised if this happens on occasion for whatever reason local pilots may have. Maybe this particular instance just got picked up my media.
Obviously this will never be allowed officially, but those airports/areas/airlines are not exactly following international standards to begin with - service just wouldn't exist if they did.

Here’s what the Eastern Siberia transport prosecutor had to say...

Here's a so-called "country" that has PROSECUTORS designated for it's transportation system. Not professional NTSB investigators, but PROSECUTORS. Speaks volume about their so-called "government." Imagine, your state or county has "transport prosecutors" for every location (and probably "prosecutors" for a hundred other imagined needs). What a great way to ensure there's a strong safety culture.

Russia is a "nation" of liars, cheats and mafia thugs (a "gas station with nukes run by the mafia")...

I’ve watched it dozens times of times. Can you imagine how embarrassed they should be watching the video. And that poor dog sitting there next to the lady in the wheelchair, who one of them screamed at. It looked totally perplexed.

I think those queens should be known as Dolly and Shelby henceforth.

So the website should be precluded from posting some general news articles that are aviation related? You apparently care so much that you took the time to read the article, or at least part of it, and post a comment.

How do you know some here aren't a member of Polar Airlines' Frequent-flyer programme and may want to know this?

10 out of 10, you've summed it up. Guessing the crew were inveterate drunks like all the rest of them.

Who wouldn’t want to leave Russia? Any way possible…. Every Russian soldier will die before the dictator gives up his life.

Don't worry. It's coming here quickly. Remember Palestine, Ohio ? (Maybe not... it was a train, not your area of expertise), but the sight of Peter Booted Edge walloping in the mud, 3 weeks too late in his brand new shiny helmet and his thin loafers which he seemed so afraid to ruin was priceless.

And NO, I am not homophobic and for good reasons, but Incompetence is not exclusively a Russian word (Некомпетентность, Nyekompetentnost).

Wow.That's impressive. How do you know all this? Through Chinese media?

Have you ever been to Russia to be able to claim these things? Or even met a Russian person.

Look at a satellite image of the airport and you'll see that it's really not that big a mistake. The gravel runway looks like the riverbank

Look, Bobo being a Russophobe with no idea what they are talking about. Do you hate Russia and Russians because you are a xenophobic moron, or because some media organization told you to hate them? Don't forget to also look in Kiev, Washington, London and Brussels to find "liars, cheats and mafia thugs."