1993 Sukhumi airliner attacks

Transair Georgia airliner shootdowns
Occurrence
Date	21, 23 September 1993
Summary	Shoot down, destroyed on the ground
Site	Georgia, Black Sea
Total fatalities	28
Total injuries	?
Total survivors	29
First aircraft
	; The crashed aircraft in Aeroflot livery
Type	Tupolev Tu-134A-3
Operator	Transair Georgia
Registration	65893
Flight origin	Sochi Airport
Destination	Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport
Passengers	22
Crew	5
Fatalities	27 (all)
Survivors	0
Second aircraft
Type	Tupolev Tu-134A
Operator	Transair Georgia
Registration	CCCP-65501
Flight origin	Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport
Destination	Novo Alexeyevka Airport
Passengers	24
Crew	6
Fatalities	1
Survivors	29

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.

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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[1] Criminal Occurrence description for September 21 shootdown at the Aviation Safety Network

[2] Criminal Occurrence description for September 23 fire at the Aviation Safety Network

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