Transair Georgia airliner shootdowns
| Occurrence summary | |
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| Date | 21-22 September 1993 |
| Summary | Shoot down |
| Site | Georgia, Black Sea |
| Total injuries (non-fatal) | ? |
| Total fatalities | 135 |
| Total survivors | 24 |
| First aircraft | |
The crashed aircraft in Aeroflot livery |
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| Type | Tupolev Tu-134 A-3 |
| Operator | Transair Georgia |
| Registration | CCCP-65893 |
| Flight origin | Sochi Airport |
| Destination | Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport |
| Passengers | 22 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 27 (all) |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Second aircraft | |
The crashed aircraft in Aeroflot livery |
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| Type | Tupolev Tu-154 B-2 |
| Operator | Transair Georgia |
| Registration | 4L-85163 |
| Flight origin | Tbilisi |
| Destination | Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport |
| Passengers | 120 |
| Crew | 12 |
| Injuries (non-fatal) | ? |
| Fatalities | 108 |
| Survivors | 24 |
In September, 1993, three Tupolev civilian airliners belonging to Transair Georgia were hit by missiles allegedly fired by separatists in Sukhumi, Abkhazia, Georgia. A total of 136 perished in the attacks.
21 September[edit]
A Tu-134 aircraft flying from Sochi was hit on approach to Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport by a surface-to-air missile. The plane crashed into the Black Sea, killing all five crew members and 22 passengers.[1]
22 September[edit]
Another plane (Tu-154) flying from Tbilisi (and reportedly carrying Georgian soldiers[2]) was shot down while attempting to land at the Sukhumi airport and crashed on the runway, killing 108 of the 132 people on board.[3]
23 September[edit]
Passengers were boarding an aircraft at Sukhumi when it was struck by mortar or artillery fire from the rebels. It caught fire and burned out, leaving one crew member dead.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Criminal Occurrence description for September 21 shootdown at the Aviation Safety Network
- ^ Mihail Zhirohov, Авиация в абхазском конфликте (Aviation in the Abkhazian conflict) (Russian)
- ^ Criminal Occurrence description for September 22 shootdown at the Aviation Safety Network
- ^ Criminal Occurrence description for September 23 fire at the Aviation Safety Network
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