Kazakh President: No malicious external influence was at plane crash near Shymkent

Kazakhstan, Astana, Dec. 27 / Trend D. Mukhtarov / Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev held a meeting with heads of state and law enforcement authorities in connection with the crash of a military transport plane near the city of Shymkent, the press service of Acorda reported. The Head of State noted that on December 25 at 18 hours 55 minutes in area of city Shymkent crashed military transport plane carrying the guards. "Seven members of crew, twenty officers died. A special inter-ministerial committee was created. General Prosecution opened a criminal case under investigation. On my instructions, chairman of the NSC was departed to the place of tragedy, which handles all organizational issues. This is a great tragedy, and I express my deepest condolences to all the relatives and friends of the victims", - Nursultan Nazarbayev said. Kazakh President underscored the need to carefully consider all the circumstances of the plane crash. "A special group was created for conducting an internal investigation. After decoding the "black" box, we will know more about the circumstances of the tragedy. According to preliminary data, we can say that there is no malicious external influence. I think that there was a confluence of tragic circumstances. At that time near Shymkent was very bad weather, in spite of this, the crew came to landing. At 40 kilometers from the city plane disappeared from radar screens. Pilot was experienced, the plane was in good condition, after planned technical maintenance. However, all the circumstances of the event finally will be known when we will have a full investigation of the causes of the crash", - Head of state said. Nursultan Nazarbayev noted the need to take measures to prevent the recurrence of similar incidents. "People died in the line of duty. This is a great tragedy. This is a terrible ordeal for us all. This is sad time for all people. So I declared December 27 as a day of national mourning. Everything else will be announced after a thorough analysis of what happened. Unfortunately, such incidents occurred in the world. But in any case we should not be calm. We must take all necessary measures to ensure that such cases were not in our country, - President of Kazakhstan said. Also during the meeting, the President instructed the Government, the relevant authorities to provide all the required assistance to the families of the victims. First Deputy Chairman of the National Security Committee Zhumakanov reported that the head office is located at the scene and undertake necessary arrangements. "Chairman of the NSC met with relatives of the victims, held a meeting in the regional management "Ontustik". Acting persons were appointed to the positions of the dead officers. Currently, there are no signals that indicate that it was a malicious act. Overall, the Border service is running according to plan, the state border is under good protection"- Zhumakanov said. In addition, he informed that there was created a commission in NSC for working with the families of the dead and organization of the funerals of officers of Border Security. Defense Minister Dzhaksybekov noted that, in accordance with the rules of investigation of aviation incidents, special commission was appointed to investigate the causes of the crash. "Preliminary examination confirms that the airport humidity was 97%, there was a fog, temperature was minus one degree, and could have been icing. Are also a number of other facts that point to the bad weather conditions that prevent normal landing of the plane," - Dzhaksybekov said. General Prosecutor Daulbaev said that the newly created investigative team composed of the best investigators of prosecutors office, national security and the military investigation the Interior Ministry. "We made a recess of all documents relating to the repair of this equipment, with the place of the home and place of departure of the military transport aircraft. "Black" box was discovered, perform corresponding examination, examination of the scene. We establish the exact reasons that led to the collapse of a military transport plane", - Daulbaev said. Do you have any feedback? Contact our journalist at agency@trend.az