The revision came from the Mangystau region’s akimat, reported by Azattyq Asia at 21:09 on Thursday, “according to updated data”: 17 carried into the sea “during the performance of a training and combat task, in connection with a sharp deterioration of the weather and a strengthening of the wind”, 12 of them dead, 3 saved, the search for 2 continuing. On Friday the ministry’s statement keeps the numbers and the cause, a sudden and sharp deterioration of the weather and gusting wind, Zakon.kz reported at 09:06. The count of the swept-away went down by 2 and the count of the dead up by 3 in one evening.
Tokayev’s order, published on Thursday evening, declares 25 September a day of national mourning “in connection with the death of servicemen in the performance of their duties in Mangystau region”, Informburo reported at 19:04. The 2 articles the prosecutors are working under point in 2 directions: 453 part 2 at how the service was performed, 465 at the handling of a vessel; the 3 statements so far describe the weather and not the craft, and the government commission under deputy prime minister Kanat Bozumbaev has its causes still to name. Khazar Korgany-2026 had begun on 22 September with more than 500 personnel under the naval forces’ commander, Captain 1st Rank Kanat Niyazbayev.
The count of the swept-away went down by 2 and the count of the dead up by 3 in one evening.
Mourning was declared while 2 men were still being looked for. Bektenov’s commission’s brief is the causes and the families; the prosecutors’ is the 2 articles; the search’s is 252 people, 14 hulls and more than 20 aircraft on a sea the ministry described in one clause about the wind. The names of the dead have been published by Kazakh outlets; the ministry’s 2 statements name none.