ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-134A 65893 Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport (SUI)
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Status:
Date:Tuesday 21 September 1993
Type:Silhouette image of generic T134 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Tupolev Tu-134A
Operator:Transair Georgia
Registration: 65893
MSN: 5340120
First flight: 1975
Crew:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22
Total:Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 27
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport (SUI) (   Georgia)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Adler/Sochi Airport (AER/URSS), Russia
Destination airport:Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport (SUI/UGSS), Georgia
Narrative:
The Tupolev was fired at with a heat seeking "Strela-2" shoulder-fired SAM by Abkhazi separatist forces, using a patrol boat. The aircraft lost control and crashed into the sea from a height of 300 m.

Classification:
Shot down from the ground
Loss of control

Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Air International
» Scramble 176


Photos

photo of Tupolev-Tu-134A-CCCP-65893
accident date: 21-09-1993
type: Tupolev Tu-134A
registration: CCCP-65893
 

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 Adler/Sochi Airport to Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport as the crow flies is 113 km (71 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

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.
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