Col Gaddafi's capital was falling from his grasp.

BBC: Inside Tripoli's Rixos hotel as rebels close in

Col Gaddafi gave an interview in the capital Tripoli for BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen, US TV network ABC and the UK's Sunday Times newspaper.

BBC: Libya unrest: Aid crisis grows on Tunisia border

Col Gaddafi's government was driven out of the capital, Tripoli, in August.

BBC: Hague welcomes Libyan liberation

Col Gaddafi's statement came after security forces and protesters clashed in the capital for a second night.

BBC: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi appears on state TV

Interfax-Kazakhstan said that one of Col Stambekov's deputies and several regional border service commanders were also on the flight, from the Kazakh capital, Astana, to Shymkent.

BBC: Kazakhstan military plane crash kills 27 near Shymkent