Accident: Gazpromavia AN74 near North Pole on Apr 4th 2015, hard landing
A Gazpromavia Antonov AN-74-200 on behalf of Polar Expedition, registration RA-74056 performing flight a flight from Murmansk (Russia) to Barneo Ice Base (North Pole), made a hard landing at Barneo Ice Base (89 degrees latitude) causing substantial structural damage to the main gear. The aircraft came to a stop and settled on its tail due to the gear damage. The occupants disembarked safely via ladders.
Occupants reported the visibility was poor when the aircraft had to land at Barneo.
A cargo aircraft was dispatched to Barneo to take needed spare parts and engineers to Barneo to repair the AN-74.