On Jan 29, 2013, A SCAT-owned Canadian-built Bombardier Challenger CRJ-200 # UP-CJ006 en route from Kokshetau Kazakhstan to Almaty crashed in Kyzyl Tu village five miles from the Almaty airport.
The weather conditions consisted of low cloud cover and fog.
There was neither fire nor explosion, but the plane shattered when it hit the ground which was covered in heavy snow.
None of the 16 passengers (including a child) or 5 crew survived.
SCAT is a domestic airline that was established in 1997 that has a fleet of six 50 set jets
Bad weather and poor visibility is believed to be the cause of the crash at 1.p.m.