Criminal Occurrence description
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| Date: | 21 SEP 1993 |
| Type: | Tupolev 134A |
| Operator: | Transair Georgia |
| Registration: | 65893 |
| C/n / msn: | 5340120 |
| First flight: | 1975 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 27 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Sukhumi (Georgia) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Adler/Sochi Airport (AER/URSS), Russia |
| Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport (SUI/UGSS), Georgia |
The Tupolev was fired at with a heat seeking missile by Abkhazi separatist forces, using a patrol boat. The aircraft lost control and crashed into the sea from a height of 300m.
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Air International
» Scramble 176
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
