A Russian A320 that made an emergency landing in a wheat field gave customers about $1,100 in compensation

• A Russian airline gave customers about $1,100 each after it ditched a plane in a Siberian wheat field.
• An investigation found the pilots were at fault, but Russia’s aviation authority dismissed the findings.
• The Airbus A320 is still stuck over two months later, and the carrier may “mothball” it for the winter.

After ditching an Airbus A320 in a wheat field in Siberia in September, Russian carrier Ural Airlines has so far handed out RUB15.8 million ($178,000) in compensation to 158 passengers, the press service of the airline, AlfaStrakhovanie,