Total injuries (non-fatal) ? Type Tupolev Tu-134A-3 Registration 65893 Total fatalities 28 | Total survivors 29 Operator Transair Georgia Start date September 1993 Sites Georgia, Black Sea | |
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Summary Shoot down, destroyed on the ground Destinations Sukhumi Babushara Airport, Tbilisi International Airport Flight origins Sochi International Airport, Sukhumi Babushara Airport | ||
In September, 1993, two Tupolev civilian airliners belonging to Transair Georgia were hit by missiles allegedly fired by Russian-supported separatists in Sukhumi, Abkhazia, Georgia. A total of 28 people perished in the attacks.
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21 September
A Tu-134 aircraft flying from Sochi was hit on approach to Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport by a Strela 2 surface-to-air missile. The plane crashed into the Black Sea, killing all five crew members and 22 passengers.
23 September
Passengers were boarding a Tu-134 at Sukhumi when it was struck by rockets from an Abkhaz BM-21 Grad rocket launcher. It caught fire and burned out, leaving one crew member dead. The aircraft was due to operate a Sukhumi-Tbilisi service.
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Transair Georgia airliner shootdowns Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA