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| Date: | Saturday 27 July 2002 |
| Time: | 13:52 MSK |
| Type: |  Sukhoi Su-27UB |
| Owner/operator: | 9 IAP Ukrainian Air Force |
| Registration: | 42 Blue |
| MSN: | 36911014105 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 77 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lviv-Snilow Airport (LWO) -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lviv-Danylo Halytskyi International Airport (LWO/UKLL) |
| Lviv-Danylo Halytskyi International Airport (LWO/UKLL) |
During an air show at the Lviv-Snilow Airport, Ukraine, a Ukraine Air Force Sukhoi Su-27UB was performing low-altitude manoeuvres. The aircraft hit touched a parked Ilyushin Il-76 (UR-76717) before crashing in flames into the audience, killing 77. Both pilots of the Su-27 ejected and survived.
The Ilyushin sustained damage to the nose and was withdrawn from use. It was broken up in January 2012.
On 24 June 2005, a military court sentenced pilot Volodymyr Toponar and co-pilot Yuriy Yegorov to 14 and 8 years in prison, respectively.
As a result of the disaster, the 14th Air Corps of the Ukrainian Air Force was disbanded
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20170723051116/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/AEROBATIC/AEROBATIC.htm
Air Forces Monthly SEP 2002, p2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_airshow_disaster
https://www.airhistory.net/photo/322649/46-blue
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Nov-2008 13:23 | harro | Added |
| 29-May-2009 09:50 | Joe D | Updated |
| 06-Aug-2009 05:50 | Anon. | Updated |
| 25-Jul-2010 11:02 | TB | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jul-2011 07:43 | gerard57 | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Apr-2013 10:01 | marko | Updated [Registration, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Aug-2015 17:50 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jan-2019 20:53 | xtrasymphony | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jan-2019 20:54 | xtrasymphony | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jan-2019 07:30 | xtrasymphony | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 29-Mar-2020 18:16 | harro | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jul-2021 10:10 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 25-May-2023 17:37 | Sasha | Updated |
| 01-Mar-2025 08:45 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Operator, Narrative, ] |
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