kaitak From Ireland, joined Aug 1999, 11958 posts, RR: 37 Posted (5 months 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 2783 times:
An An-72 operated by Kazakstan's air force has crashed near Shimkent, in the south of the country, killing all 27 on board, including the recently appointed head of the country's intelligence services.
According to reports, the aircraft fell rapidly from a height of about 800m and "rescuers were not needed".
KC135Hydraulics From United States of America, joined Nov 2012, 165 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (4 months 4 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 2272 times:
Third world aviation strikes again, unfortunately. It's interesting that it was an AN-72, which is quite an unusual aircraft. I thought it was mostly a novelty and not something commonly used by militaries.
scbriml From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2003, 11368 posts, RR: 50 Reply 3, posted (4 months 4 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 2178 times:
Quoting KC135Hydraulics (Reply 2): It's interesting that it was an AN-72, which is quite an unusual aircraft. I thought it was mostly a novelty and not something commonly used by militaries.
While only 219 An-72/74s have been built (it is stilll in production), they are widely used by military forces and various government agencies of the following countries (not all current operators):
Angola
Egypt
Equitorial Guinea
Georgia
Iran
Kazakhstan
Laos
Libya
Moldova
Peru
Russia
Sudan
Ukraine
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