The airline has praised captain Nikolay Starostin and his crew for ensuring the safety of passengers.
The nose of the Antonov aircraft was holed and severely damaged after the plane flew through 'unfavourable weather conditions' en route from Olenyok to Yakutsk in the Sakha Republic - also known as Yakutia.
All on board were safe despite the rough flight.
The airline has praised captain Nikolay Starostin and his crew for ensuring the safety of passengers.
The pilot handed in regional capital Yakutsk without incident following the 1,070 km (665 mile) flight.
Polar Airlines has denied a lightning strike was responsible. Another possible cause is hailstones - but it is far from clear what happened.
Air safety watchdog Rosaviation has set up a commission to investigate the incident.
The nose of the Antonov aircraft was holed and severely damaged after the plane flew through ‘unfavourable weather conditions’ en route from Olenyok to Yakutsk in the Sakha RepublicPolar Airlines has denied a lightning strike was responsible.
The airline has praised captain Nikolay Starostin and his crew
Comment: This isn't the first time this has happened - it's actually becoming an increasingly common occurrence, and everywhere. Our weather is changing and we are completely unprepared:
- What's up with the weather? Huge hail stones damage multiple commercial planes
- Larger hail damaging aircraft with increased emergency landings worldwide
- Severe hailstorm smashes windshield, nose of American Airlines plane, forces emergency landing in Texas
- Air Canada plane to Calgary makes emergency landing after hail cracks windshield
- Plane forced to make emergency landing at Denver airport after flying through hail storm
- Passenger jet bound for Istanbul battered by 'golfball-size hailstones' and forced into emergency landing at Çanakkale, Turkey
- Severe damage from hail storm shatters American Airlines plane, emergency landing
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