Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 SEP 1993 |
| Time: | 18:30 |
| Type: | Tupolev 154B |
| Operator: | Transair Georgia |
| Registration: | 85163 |
| C/n / msn: | 76A-163 |
| First flight: | 1976 |
| Engines: | 3 Kuznetsov NK-8-2U |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 12 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 100 / Occupants: 120 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 108 / Occupants: 132 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport (SUI) (Georgia)
 |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Tbilisi-Novo Alexeyevka Airport (TBS/UGGG), Georgia |
| Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport (SUI/UGSS), Georgia |
The aircraft was shot down by Abkhazian rebels after a flight from Tbilisi. The Tu-154 crashed onto the runway and caught fire.
Events:
Sources:
» Air International
» Soviet Transports
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Tbilisi-Novo Alexeyevka Airport to Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport as the crow flies is 340 km (213 miles).
Distance from Tbilisi-Novo Alexeyevka Airport to Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport as the crow flies is 340 km (213 miles).
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.
languages:
Georgia
Share
Tupolev 154
- 41st loss
- 1026 built
- 6th worst accident (at the time)
- 13th worst accident (currently)
Georgia- worst accident