Transair Georgian Airline Shootdowns (September 1993)

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In September, 1993, three Tupolev civilian airliners belonging to Transair Georgia were hit by missiles fired by rebels in Sukhumi, Abkhazia, Georgia. 134 civilians perished.

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[edit] 21 September

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]

[edit] 22 September

Another plane (Tu-154) flying from Tbilisi was shot down while attempting to land at the Sukhumi airport and crashed on the runway, killing 108 of the 132 people on board.[2]

[edit] 23 September

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.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ ASN Aircraft accident description Tupolev 134A 65893 - Sukhumi
  2. ^ ASN Aircraft accident description Tupolev 154B 85163 - Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport (SUI)
  3. ^ ASN Aircraft accident description Tupolev 134A CCCP-65001 - Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport (SUI)


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