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Happened in heavy snow. From ASN :

Accident description
Last updated: 26 December 2012
Status: Preliminary
Date: 25 DEC 2012
Time: 18:55
Type: Antonov 72-100
Operator: Kazakhstan Border Guards
Registration: UP-72859
C/n / msn: 36576092859
First flight: 1990
Crew: Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Passengers: Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20
Total: Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 27
Airplane damage: Destroyed
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: 20 km (12.5 mls) from Shymkent Airport (CIT) (Kazakhstan)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature: Military
Departure airport: Astana Airport (TSE) (TSE/UACC), Kazakhstan
Destination airport: Shymkent Airport (CIT) (CIT/UAII), Kazakhstan
Narrative:
An Antonov 72 transport plane crashed some 20 km from Shymkent Airport (CIT), Kazakhstan. All 20 passengers and seven crew members were killed.
The airplane was operated by the Kazakhstan Border Guards. Amnong those killed was acting director of National Security Committee’s Border Guard Service, Colonel Turganbek Stambekov. Weather at Shymkent was poor with heavy snowfall and limited visibility.

Weather reported at the time of the accident (18:55 LT / 12:55 UTC) was:
UAII 251330Z 29006G11MPS 0900 R28/P2000 +SN OVC004 M06/M06 Q1018 28491040 TEMPO 0500 SN FZFG VV002 RMK QBB130 QFE726/0968
UAII 251300Z 29005MPS 0800 R28/2000 +SN BKN004 OVC010 M03/M03 Q1016 28391040 TEMPO 0500 SN FZFG VV002 RMK QBB120 QFE725/0967
[19:00 LT/ 13:00 UTC: wind 290 degrees at 10 knots; Visibility: 800 m in heavy snow; runway visual range of runway 28: 2000 m; broken clouds at 400 feet AGL, overcast cloud deck at 1000 feet AGL; Temperature: -3.0°C, Dew point: -3.0°C; Pressure: 1016 mb; Temporary changes: visibility 500m in snow and freezing fog; vertical visibility 2 m.]
UAII 251230Z 30004MPS 5000 -SN BR OVC004 M02/M02 Q1016 282///45 TEMPO 1000 RASN BR OVC003 RMK QBB120 QFE725/0967