(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121225-kazakhstan-crash-230p.photoblog600.jpg)ReutersThe remains of a military transport plane that crashed near Shymkent on December 25, 2012 are seen in this still image from a video.By NBC News wire reportsALMATY, Kazakhstan — A military transport plane crashed in southern Kazakhstan on Tuesday, killing all 27 people on board, including the country's acting border service chief.
The Russian-made An-72 crashed about 7 p.m. local time (8 a.m. ET) about 12 miles from the city of Shymkent near the border with Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan's Committee for National Security said in a statement.
"The plane has burned up. Only some of its fragments remain," the news agency RIA quoted the head of the regional emergencies department as saying.
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