Icing Believed to Be Most Likely Cause of Dec. 27 Bek Air Crash Government Commissions Saryarka Gas Pipeline
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- 5° / -14°C WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2020 No 1 (187) www.astanatimes.com Government commissions Saryarka gas pipeline UNDP, Bitfury to create Pavlodar forestland as Kazakhstan’s first carbon reducing initiative able Development Goals indicate By Aidana Yergaliyeva moving towards sustainable and low carbon consumption will re- NUR-SULTAN – Bitfury, the quire significant investment and world’s leading blockchain com- innovation from both the govern- pany, in partnership with the ment and private sector. UNDP United Nations Development Pro- in Kazakhstan and Bitfury agreed gramme (UNDP) will be the first Dec. 12 to conserve and increase big business to compensate for the nation’s forestland. its carbon footprint in Kazakh- “This is the first carbon re- stan. The two entities will sign an duction initiative for Kazakh- agreement in late January with the stan and we hope that it will nation’s Ministry of Ecology, Ge- accelerate the country’s efforts ology and Natural Resources to to reduce carbon dioxide in part- create a forestland in the Pavlodar nership with the private sector. Region. These practical solutions will Kazakhstan must reduce its require institutionalisation and greenhouse gas emissions by 15 expansion,” said Yakup Beris, percent in the next decade to meet UNDP Resident Representa- its pledge in the 2016 Paris Agree- tive in Kazakhstan, reported the ment. UNDP press service. The agreement and UN Sustain- Continued on Page A2 Photo credit: The Kazakh Ministtry of Energy press service. press The Kazakh Ministtry of Energy Photo credit: KazStroyService was the main mobilisation began the following into the atmosphere, create more Staff Report Government approves new contractor among domestic compa- month and welding works started comfortable living conditions for nies, Bemer Armature Kazakhstan last March. More than 1,000 units the population and help improve the NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh provided shutoff valves and crane of equipment and approximately environmental situation. government completed the con- assemblies and Batys Munai Gas 2,000 employees were involved. “The arrival of natural gas in the draft Ecology Code struction and commissioning of Zhabdyktary supplied automated “The 1,061.3 kilometres of gas central and northern regions of the the Saryarka gas pipeline Dec. 27, gas distribution stations. pipeline and five units of the most country is a significant historical reported the Ministry of Energy’s “It should be noted that the imple- powerful automated gas distribution event for the country,” it added. to toughen penalties for press service. mentation of the project will bring a stations, as well as a gas measuring First President Nursultan Naz- The pipeline, which starts in the multiplier effect and will give impe- station, were built in a significantly arbayev ordered constructing the Kyzylorda Region, will provide do- tus to the development of small and short time. This indicates the co- gas pipeline as part of the Five mestic gas to Karaganda, the capi- medium-sized businesses, which ordination of work and the high Social Initiatives in his special environmental offenses tal, Temirtau and Zhezkazgan and form the basis of economic prosper- professional preparedness of our state-of-the-nation in March 2018. ciple will control large company nearly 2.7 million people in 171 set- ity for the regions located along the specialists and the innovativeness President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev By Aidana Yergaliyeva emissions with fines and respon- tlements along its route will have ac- gas pipelines, as well as our capi- of the technologies used in the pro- also instructed “timely completion sibility for environmental damage. cess to natural gas, the release noted. tal,” said the statement. cess,” said the ministry. of the construction of the Saryarka NUR-SULTAN – The govern- The fines will gradually double, The government ensured maxi- The construction launch ceremo- Using natural gas as a fuel is gas pipeline” as part of his election ment approved a new draft Ecol- quadruple and eventually, increase mum involvement of local manu- ny for main pipeline was held in De- among the government’s main tasks, programme, which focused on so- ogy Code during the Dec. 24 gov- eight-fold. facturers during construction. cember 2018, equipment and people as it will reduce pollutant emissions cial wellbeing. ernment meeting chaired by Prime The second principle will reduce Minister Askar Mamin. the number of first category enter- The Ministry of Ecology, Geology prises obliged to undergo environ- and Natural Resources developed mental impact assessment (EIA) to the draft considering the experience 2,600. The businesses account for of the Organisation for Economic 80 percent of emissions. Icing believed to be most likely Co-operation and Development The existing code, which has (OECD) countries and opinions been covering almost all enter- from the Kazakh public and busi- prises (nearly 19,000), proved it- ness community. The ministry in- self “ineffective and impractical,” cause of Dec. 27 Bek Air crash cluded many of the more than 2,000 said Minister of Ecology, Geology two days under weather condi- based on the direction and mode and tried to stop the flight. suggestions received during the pub- and Natural Resources Magzum By Aidana Yergaliyeva tions… is not excluded,” Sklyar speed of the wind, the time in- The right roll of the aircraft began lic discussion of the bill. Mirzagaliyev while presenting the said, reported kursiv.kz. “Thus, terval between take-off aircraft, to develop. The code has seven principles. draft. NUR-SULTAN – A Kazakh taking into account the studied and this was 110 seconds, under Aircraft Commander (AC): The ‘polluter pays and fixes’ prin- Continued on Page A4 government commission assess- meteorological information and these conditions, the satellite What happened? ing the Dec. 27 crash of a Bek Air analysis of the parametric data of track has calculatedly shifted to Co-pilot: I do not know what plane near Almaty has found icing the flight recorder, the main theory the left by a distance of at least happened, a stabiliser, slow down, to be the most likely cause of the of the crash is the icing of the air- 50 metres from the runway. *profanity* accident, Deputy Prime Minister craft theory.” Accordingly, it could not have (the co-pilot is probably shifting Baiterek Holding creates Roman Sklyar told a Jan. 10 Cen- The aircraft was only partially influenced the emergence and the engine control levers to idle). tral Communication Service press treated with anti-icing liquid be- development of a special situa- AC: No need, what are you do- briefing. fore the flight. The aircraft com- tion,” Sklyar said. ing?! Let’s go, go, go! The Bek Air Fokker 100 plane mander decided to treat only the There were no reports of wind (probably the commander venture capital fund, pursues collided with a two-storey build- stabiliser with anti-icing liquid, shear from another aircraft taking moves the control levers to take- ing near Almaty Dec. 27, killing not the wings, Sklyar said. off Dec. 27, he added. off mode). 12 people out of almost 100 on The commission continues to The commission hasn’t found AC: Remove the chassis. long-term construction board, including the captain. The work with the Interstate Aviation evidence of an aircraft malfunc- At a height of five metres, the commission has investigated four Committee, specialists and the tion or abnormal operation of air- cleaning of the chassis began,” possible causes of the crash: com- Netherlands Authorised Accident craft and engine systems, but work Sklyar read the transcribed con- mercial loading errors that affected Investigation Authority. continues and the investigation versation. projects in 2020 aircraft centring; external factors According to Sklyar, the com- might take more than a year, sput- The Fokker 100 airplane’s air- and the first start-up wind farm like icing, weather conditions or mission ruled out errors in com- niknews.kz reports. worthiness certificate was is- By Aidana Yergaliyeva complex in the Akmola Region. satellite delays; pilot error; and mercial loading and aircraft cen- Sklyar also read a portion of the sued in May 2019. The plane that DBK is providing seven billion aircraft failure. tring because the wind in the strip conversation between the pilots crashed was built April 9, 1996, in NUR-SULTAN – Baiterek Na- tenge (US$18.37 million) in loan “The probability of ice deposi- was steady at a speed of one to two before the crash. At 7:20 a.m. 10 the Netherlands. The Kazakh Avi- tional Managing Holding, the Ka- funds for up to 20 years. The bank tion on the surface of the aircraft, metres per second. seconds after take-off, the second ation Administration suspended zakh government’s key financial also prioritises “transport, logis- which had been parked for about “Under these conditions, pilot reduced the engine operating Bek Air’s airworthiness Dec. 27. agent, will continue to pursue its tics, communications and energy, long-term goals this year. It ended including green energy,” he said. 2019 included in the environmen- “Currently, DBK is the leading tal, social, and governance (ESG) bank in the country for long-term rating and creating a venture capi- lending to the non-oil economy. At tal fund. the end of 2018, the share of DBK’s As of Dec. 30, the Fitch Rating long-term lending to the manufac- of BBB confirmed the holding was turing industry and infrastructure responsible for the country’s diver- amounted to 46 percent of the total sification and sustainable econom- loans issued by all banks,” he added. ic growth with a stable outlook. The bank’s loan portfolio is 1.6 Baiterek’s subsidiary organisa- trillion tenge (US$4.24 billion). tions, Development Bank of Ka- DBK’s major strategic projects zakhstan (DBK) and Kazyna Capi- include building the Aktobe rail tal Management (KCM), support and beam plant, Shymkent trans- long-term financing for infrastruc- former factory, ferroalloy plant in ture and manufacturing investment the Karaganda Region, transport projects, Chair Aidar Arifkhanov and logistics centre in the Turke- told The Astana Times.