Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 SEP 1993 |
| Type: | Tupolev 134A |
| Operator: | Transair Georgia |
| Registration: | CCCP-65001 |
| C/n / msn: | 42235 |
| First flight: | 1975 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport (SUI) (Georgia)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport (SUI/UGSS), Georgia |
| Tbilisi-Novo Alexeyevka Airport (TBS/UGGG), Georgia |
Passengers were boarding the aircraft when it was struck by mortar or artillery fire from Abkhazian rebels. The Tupolev caught fire and burned out.
Events:
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Scramble 172
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 Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport to Tbilisi-Novo Alexeyevka Airport as the crow flies is 340 km (213 miles).
Distance from Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport to Tbilisi-Novo Alexeyevka 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.
