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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
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The investigation commission found out that failure of the autopilot and
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UP-72859, the aircraft involved, photographed a month before the accident
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The aircraft had been flying from
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crashed about 20 km (12 mi) from the city of
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22:2012 Kazakhstan Antonov An-72 crash
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427:. 25 December 2012. Archived from
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985:and post-independence Kazakhstan.
761:Aéro-Service Ilyushin Il-76 crash
601:Mount Salak Sukhoi Superjet crash
397:. RIA Novosti. 25 December 2012.
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497:Aviation accidents and incidents
981:This includes accidents in the
551:Norwegian Air Force C-130 crash
521:Carterton hot air balloon crash
16:Fatal plane crash in Kazakhstan
831:Red Wings Airlines Flight 9268
821:Kazakhstan Antonov An-72 crash
691:Philippines Piper Seneca crash
651:Indonesian Air Force F27 crash
163:Shymkent International Airport
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801:Nizhnevartovskavia Flight 544
741:Queensland DH.84 Dragon crash
661:Turkish F-4 Phantom shootdown
641:Kenya Police helicopter crash
368:. Reuters. 25 December 2012.
1062:December 2012 events in Asia
1037:2012 disasters in Kazakhstan
671:Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554
457:. Satrapia. 22 January 2013.
148:Astana International Airport
581:Virginia Beach F/A-18 crash
455:The Gazette of Central Asia
254:National Security Committee
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292:. Aviation Safety Network
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953:Kazakhstan Antonov An-72
902:Aeroflot Flight 101/X-20
751:FlyMontserrat Flight 107
215:On 25 December 2012, an
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531:Timona Park plane crash
791:Amazon Sky An-26 crash
290:"Accident description"
621:Allied Air Flight 111
243:Turganbek Stambekov.
231:History of the flight
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926:Aeroflot Flight 4225
918:Aeroflot Flight 3843
910:Aeroflot Flight 6551
811:Air Bagan Flight 011
631:Dana Air Flight 0992
591:Bhoja Air Flight 213
270:barometric altimeter
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945:Kazakhstan
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343:. BBC News
276:References
198:Fatalities
182:Passengers
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206:Survivors
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399:Archived
370:Archived
247:Accident
225:Shymkent
167:Shymkent
139:UP-72859
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