Tupolev TU-154 crash, Sep 22, 1993 (108 killed), Sukhumi-...
Tupolev TU-154 accident on September 22, 1993 near Sukhumi-Babushara, Abkhazia, Georgia with 108 fatalities. Cause: Shot down by a surface-to-air...
- Date: September 22, 1993
- Aircraft: Tupolev TU-154
- Location: Sukhumi-Babushara, Abkhazia, Georgia
- Fatalities: 108
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Shot down by a surface-to-air missile fired by Abkhaz separatists. Wikipedia attributes the launch to an Abkhaz soldier on a patrol boat.
A Tu-154 flying Tbilisi to Sukhumi was shot down by a surface-to-air missile on final approach and crashed near the runway threshold, bursting into flames. Of 132 people on board, 108 were killed and 24 survived. The passengers were Georgian soldiers and police.