Kazakhstan Military Aircraft Down, 27 Killed

                            

strong Astana, KOMPAS.com - A total of 27 people on board a military aircraft An-72 type Kazakhstan declared dead after a plane crashed in the south of the Central Asian country on Tuesday (25/12 / 2012) night.

"As many as 27 passengers and seven crew members were confirmed dead," the official statement of the National Security Bureau (KNB).

The passenger who died was is the high officers and border guards acting head of the Federal Border Kazakhstan, Turganbek Stambekov, and his wife.

22 year old Aircraft crashed approximately 20 kilometers from Shymkent Airport, where the plane was supposed to landed after flying from the capital Astana.

KTK television Kazakhstan reported the jet crashed from a height of 800 meters. A number of witnesses also heard loud explosions when the aircraft plunged Earth.

Although age is somewhat older aircraft, KNB confirmed the plane had recently undergone treatment before being flown.

"In 2012, the plane that was undergoing repairs at the treatment center Antonov in Ukraine, "explains KNB.

Meanwhile, the state television station, Khabar , citing local residents, reported that the great snowstorm occurred in the vicinity of plane crash.

Government of Kazakhstan to close the accident and investigate one of the most serious air crash in the country since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Kazakhstan border guards forces suffered many setbacks in recent years. Stambekov appointed after his predecessor was fired following the incident in the killing of 14 soldiers guard the border in May 2012.

The only border guards who survived the incident claimed that he had killed his colleagues. However, he retract his statement after being sentenced for life. He claimed unidentified civilian clothes were the perpetrators of the murder.

Aircraft accidents often occur in countries of the former Soviet Union. The main causes of accidents are age old and often not the replacement aircraft engines since the collapse of the old Soviet Union.