Difference between revisions of "2012 Kazakhstan Antonov An-72 crash"

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox aircraft occurrence On 25 December 2012, an Antonov An-72-100 (registration UP-72859) operated by the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, crashed about Template:Convert from the Kazakh city of Shymkent, where the aircraft was preparing to land.<ref name=ASN>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="afp">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="BBC News">Template:Cite web</ref>

The aircraft had been flying from Kazakhstan's capital of Astana to Shymkent and was carrying 27 people – seven crew and twenty members of the Kazakh border patrol, including its leader, the acting Director of the Kazakhstan Border Guard Service, Colonel Turganbek Stambekov.<ref name="afp"/>

The accident occurred at about 19:00 local time (1300 UTC) as the aircraft was descending to land.<ref name="reuters"/> According to local media, the aircraft had been flying at an altitude of about Template:Convert when it suddenly crashed to the ground.<ref name="reuters">Template:Cite web</ref> Emergency crews were dispatched from Shymkent in response. However, the head of the local emergency services department stated that "the plane was destroyed by fire. Only fragments [were] left."<ref name="ria">Template:Cite web</ref> Kazakhstan's National Security Committee issued a statement confirming that all 27 people on board had died in the crash,<ref name="ria"/> and also said that an investigation into the incident has begun.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The investigation commission found out that failure of the autopilot and radio altimeter combined with poor visibility, and the pilot failing to follow instruction to use the barometric altimeter caused the crash.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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