2012 Kazakhstan Antonov An-72 crash

Fatal plane crash in Kazakhstan

2012 Kazakhstan Antonov An-72 crash
Accident
UP-72859, the aircraft involved, photographed a month before the accident
Date	25 December 2012 (2012-12-25)
Summary	Crashed on descent short of runway in bad weather
Site	Shymkent, Kazakhstan 42°30′00″N 69°49′59″E / 42.500°N 69.833°E / 42.500; 69.833
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Antonov An-72-100
Operator	Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Registration	UP-72859
Flight origin	Astana International Airport, Astana, Kazakhstan
Destination	Shymkent International Airport, Shymkent, Kazakhstan
Occupants	27
Passengers	20
Crew	7
Fatalities	27
Survivors	0

On 25 December 2012, an Antonov An-72 military transport aircraft operated by the Kazakh Armed Forces crashed about 20 km (12 mi) from the city of Shymkent, Kazakhstan, where the aircraft was preparing to land. All 27 people on board died in the crash.

History of the flight

The aircraft had been flying from Kazakhstan's capital of Astana to Shymkent, near the border with Uzbekistan, and was carrying seven crew and 20 members of the Kazakh border patrol, including its leader, the acting director of the Kazakhstan Border Guard Service, Colonel Turganbek Stambekov.

Accident

The accident occurred at about 19:00 local time (1300 UTC) as the aircraft was descending to land. According to local media, the aircraft had been flying at an altitude around 800 m (2,600 ft), when it suddenly crashed to the ground. Emergency crews were dispatched from Shymkent in response. However, the head of the local emergency services department stated, "the plane was destroyed by fire. Only fragments left." Kazakhstan's National Security Committee issued a statement confirming that all 27 people on board had died in the crash, and also said that an investigation into the incident has begun.

Investigation

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.

References

"Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
^ "Military plane carrying 27 crashes in Kazakhstan". Agence France-Presse. 25 December 2012. Archived from the original on 28 December 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
"Kazakhstan military plane crash 'kills 27' near Shymkent". BBC News. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
^ "UPDATE 2-Kazakh military plane crashes, all 27 on board killed". Reuters. 25 December 2012. Archived from the original on 26 December 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
^ "Border Guard Plane Crashes in Kazakhstan, 27 Dead". RIA Novosti. 25 December 2012. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
"Kazakhstan military plane crashes, killing 27 near border with Uzbekistan". The Washington Post. 25 December 2012. Archived from the original on 26 December 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
"Pilot Error, Bad Weather Caused Shymkent Plane Crash". The Gazette of Central Asia. Satrapia. 22 January 2013.

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Aviation accidents and incidents in 2012 (2012)

Jan 7 Carterton hot air balloon crashJan 23 Timona Park plane crashFeb 12 Katanga Express Gulfstream crashMar 15 Norwegian Air Force C-130 crashMar 27 JetBlue Flight 191Apr 2 UTair Flight 120Apr 6 Virginia Beach F/A-18 crashApr 20 Bhoja Air Flight 213May 9 Mount Salak Sukhoi Superjet crashMay 14 Agni Air Dornier 228 crashJun 2 Allied Air Flight 111Jun 3 Dana Air Flight 0992Jun 10 Kenya Police helicopter crashJun 21 Indonesian Air Force F27 crashJun 22 Turkish F-4 Phantom shootdownJun 29 Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554Jul 20 Rampayoh helicopter crashAug 18 Philippines Piper Seneca crashAug 19 Sudan Antonov An-26 crashAug 23 Ljubljana Marshes hot air balloon crashSep 12 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251Sep 28 Sita Air Flight 601Oct 1 Queensland DH.84 Dragon crashOct 7 FlyMontserrat Flight 107Nov 30 Aéro-Service Ilyushin Il-76 crashDec 5 South African Air Force C-47 crashDec 9 Mexico Learjet 25 crashDec 17 Amazon Sky An-26 crashDec 21 Nizhnevartovskavia Flight 544Dec 25 Air Bagan Flight 011Dec 25 Kazakhstan Antonov An-72 crashDec 29 Red Wings Airlines Flight 9268

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Republic of Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan Antonov An-72 (December 2012) SCAT Airlines Flight 760 (January 2013) Bek Air Flight 2100 (December 2019) Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 (December 2024)
This includes accidents in the Kazakh SSR and post-independence Kazakhstan.

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