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| Kazakhstan military plane crash 'kills 27' near Shymkent | Kazakhstan military plane crash 'kills 27' near Shymkent |
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| A military plane said to be carrying senior Kazakh security officials has crashed in the south of the country, killing all on board, reports say. | A military plane said to be carrying senior Kazakh security officials has crashed in the south of the country, killing all on board, reports say. |
| Twenty-seven people were on the flight, which went down near the city of Shymkent, officials said. | Twenty-seven people were on the flight, which went down near the city of Shymkent, officials said. |
| A regional emergencies head told Ria news agency the plane had been completely destroyed. | A regional emergencies head told Ria news agency the plane had been completely destroyed. |
| The Antonov An-72 plane was carrying border service officers, including acting head Turganbek Stambekov. | The Antonov An-72 plane was carrying border service officers, including acting head Turganbek Stambekov. |
| KTK TV said the plane had disappeared from radar shortly before 19:00 Kazakhstan time (13:00 GMT) as it was making its descent near Shymkent, which is the main Kazakh city in the south, some 75 miles (120km) north of the Uzbek capital, Tashkent. | KTK TV said the plane had disappeared from radar shortly before 19:00 Kazakhstan time (13:00 GMT) as it was making its descent near Shymkent, which is the main Kazakh city in the south, some 75 miles (120km) north of the Uzbek capital, Tashkent. |
| Eyewitnesses told KTK that the plane fell from a height of 800m (2,600ft), causing a loud explosion. | Eyewitnesses told KTK that the plane fell from a height of 800m (2,600ft), causing a loud explosion. |
| A resident identified as Baurzhan Dosov described a big fire, adding that military hats were strewn around the crash site. | |
| The plane went down 12 miles (20km) from Shymkent aiport in what correspondents told KTK was very bad weather. | The plane went down 12 miles (20km) from Shymkent aiport in what correspondents told KTK was very bad weather. |
| "There was no need for rescuers' help. Only fragments remain," the head of Kazakhstan's regional emergencies department, Valikhan Derezhepov, told Ria news agency. | "There was no need for rescuers' help. Only fragments remain," the head of Kazakhstan's regional emergencies department, Valikhan Derezhepov, told Ria news agency. |
| Seven crew and 20 military personnel were on board the military transport plane, Kazakhstan's Committee for National Security said in a statement. | Seven crew and 20 military personnel were on board the military transport plane, Kazakhstan's Committee for National Security said in a statement. |
| Interfax-Kazakhstan said that one of Col Stambekov's deputies and several regional border service commanders were also on the flight, from the Kazakh capital, Astana, to Shymkent. | Interfax-Kazakhstan said that one of Col Stambekov's deputies and several regional border service commanders were also on the flight, from the Kazakh capital, Astana, to Shymkent. |
| Col Stambekov was made acting head of the service in June, weeks after 14 border troops were found dead at a burnt-out border post near Kazakhstan's southern frontier with China. The incident prompted his predecessor to resign. | |
| Another border guard was jailed for life for his alleged role in the incident at the Arkankergen post near Almaty, after he had reportedly confessed to the authorities. | |
| He later said he had been forced into making the confession. |