Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 23 September 1993
Aircraft Type: Tupolev Tu-134A
Owner/operator: Transair Georgia
Registration Number: CCCP-65001
Location: Sukhumi-Babusheri Airport (SUI) –
ÿ Georgia
Phase of Flight: Standing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 30
Component Affected: Tupolev aircraftTupolev aircraft
Category: Unlawful Interference
A passenger aircraft was struck by a rocket fire originating from Abkhazian rebels using a BM-21 ‘Grad’ rocket launcher, resulting in the aircraft’s capture and subsequent combustion.A passenger aircraft was struck by a rocket fire originating from Abkhazian rebels using a BM-21 ‘Grad’ rocket launcher, resulting in the aircraft’s capture and subsequent combustion.
Description
Passengers were boarding the aircraft when it was struck rockets fire by Abkhazian rebels from a BM-21 “Grad” rocket launcher. The Tupolev caught fire and burned out.
Source of Information
https://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phphttps://www.airhistory.net/info/soviet.phpPrimary Cause
Abkhazian rebel rocket attack on a Tupolev aircraft.Abkhazian rebel rocket attack on a Tupolev aircraft.Share on:
