Transair Georgian Airline Shootdowns (September 1993)
| Occurrence summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | 21, 23 September 1993 |
| Summary | Shoot down, destroyed on the ground |
| Site | Georgia, Black Sea |
| Total fatalities | 28 |
| Total injuries (non-fatal) | ? |
| Total survivors | 29 |
| First aircraft | |
 The crashed aircraft in Aeroflot livery |
|
| Type | Tupolev Tu-134A-3 |
| Operator | Transair Georgia |
| Registration | 65893 |
| Flight origin | Sochi Airport |
| Destination | Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport |
| Passengers | 22 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 27 (all) |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Second aircraft | |
| Type | Tupolev Tu-134A |
| Operator | Transair Georgia |
| Registration | CCCP-65501 |
| Flight origin | Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport |
| Destination | Novo Alexeyevka Airport |
| Passengers | 24 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 1 |
| Survivors | 29 |
In September, 1993, two Tupolev civilian airliners belonging to Transair Georgia were hit by missiles allegedly fired by Russian-supported separatists in Sukhumi, Abkhazia, Georgia. A total of 28 people perished in the attacks.
A Tu-134 aircraft flying from Sochi was hit on approach to Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport by a Strela 2 surface-to-air missile. The plane crashed into the Black Sea, killing all five crew members and 22 passengers.
Passengers were boarding a Tu-134 at Sukhumi when it was struck by rockets from an Abkhaz BM-21 Grad rocket launcher. It caught fire and burned out, leaving one crew member dead. The aircraft was due to operate a Sukhumi-Tbilisi service.
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