Tag: Abkhazia Aviation Disaster
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On This Day In 1993: Three Airliners Were Attacked Over Four Days at Sukhumi Airport, Georgia – Killing 136 People in a Brutal Missile and Rocket Assault
On September 21, 1993, a Transair Georgia Tupolev Tu-134A-3 was approaching Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport after a flight from Sochi, carrying 22 passengers and five crew members. At about 16:25, while the aircraft was only around 980 feet above the ground, it was struck by a surface-to-air missile. The missile was reportedly fired from an Abkhaz vessel…
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