25 Dec 2012 19:21

Plane likely carrying high-ranking Kazakh Border Service officials crashes outside Shymkent

ASTANA. Dec 25 (Interfax) - An Antonov An-72 military plane crashed on Tuesday not far from Shymkent, the administrative center of the Southern-Kazakhstan region.

Preliminary findings indicate that the plane was carrying high-ranking officials from the Kazakh National Security Committee's Border Service, a source told Interfax.