Giant snowmen have made their annual appearance at various tourist attractions in Harbin, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang in northeast China, greeting visitors from both home and abroad with their unique outlook.
Among these giant snowmen, Mr. Snowman on the Sun Island, the venue for the annual International Snow Sculpture Art Expo, is the most outstanding. Standing 20 meters tall and made of 4,000 cubic meters of snow, Mr. Snowman is adorned with an exquisite top hat and a red scarf. He gives a thumbs-up, inviting tourists from around the world to enjoy the world of ice and snow.
Harbin is renowned for its abundant snow and incredible ice sculptures, drawing crowds from across the country to revel in the winter season.
Giant snowmen make annual appearance in Harbin
Twenty-nine survivors were found in the passenger plane crash in Aktau, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Kazakhstan's Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) reported.
An Embraer 190 aircraft operated by Azerbaijan Airlines with flight number J2-8243 from Baku to Grozny crashed near Aktau Airport on Wednesday with a total of 67 people on board.
According to the MES, 482 people are involved in the rescue on site, as well as 97 pieces of equipment, two aircraft and four teams of search and rescue dogs.
A group of electric power workers near the crash site were among the first batch of rescuers, who said they helped save around 15 people at the scene.
"We saw the plane crash with our own eyes and quickly packed up to head to the scene for rescue. Later, personnel from the Ministry of Emergency Situations and hospital staff members arrived. About 10 of us went there. We brought a crane to help rescue people from the cabin," a rescuer said.
The emergency departments of Kazakhstan, Russia and Azerbaijan exchanged information via video conference.
According to Subkhonkul Rakhimov, a survivor of the crash, the plane suddenly rose rapidly and began to increase its altitude when it was about to land in Grozny. There was heavy fog at the time, and the crew tried to land the plane in Grozny three times, but all failed. An explosion occurred during the third attempt to land.
29 survivors rescued from plane crash in Kazakhstan
