Iran press/Asia: Russia’s Interfax news agency said, citing a source that the plane belonged to Kazakhstan’s border guard service, part of the National Security Committee.
"Today, at around 5:20 p.m. [11:20 GMT], an An-26 flight from Nur Sultan to Almaty lost contact during landing in Almaty Airport. The alarm was raised immediately, and the airport's emergency rescue services were dispatched to the scene. According to preliminary data, the plane crashed at the edge of the runway strip," the airport said on Facebook.
“According to preliminary data, four people have been killed, two people have been hospitalized… with injuries,” the emergencies ministry said in a statement.
Photographs from the site showed the plane turned over and on fire.
Videos posted online also showed plumes of smoke rising from the crash site and visible from a nearby highway.
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