Passengers Push Broken Jet On Freezing Runway

"Siberians are so tough that for them pushing a frozen plane along a runway is a piece of cake," the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily said.

Travellers in Siberia use a little elbow grease to get their journey started after their plane's brake system freezes.Passengers had to get out and push their plane in temperatures of minus 52C after freezing weather brought it to a standstill.

Video has been posted online of the remarkable scene as a group of travellers move the Tupolev plane on the snow-covered runway in Siberia.
Passengers in thick winter coats are heard shouting "let's go" as they put their hands on the wings of the plane and shove it several metres.
"Everyone wants to go home," one man is heard saying.
Passengers pushed the aircraft until it was able to turn, and then the tow truck took over, Mr Artmenko said.
The passengers' actions have drawn admiration in Russia, including on social media and in newspapers.
"Siberians are so tough that for them pushing a frozen plane along a runway is a piece of cake," the Komsomolskaya Pravda daily said.The flight eventually took off from Igarka, 1,750 miles (2,800km) northeast of Moscow, and arrived in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk without incident.