4L-65893
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- September 21, 1993Accident
The aircraft was completing a charter flight from Sochi to Sukhumi, carrying foreign and Russian journalists. On final approach to Babushara Airport, at a height of 300 metres, the aircraft was hit by a surface-to-air Strela missile and crashed in the bay of Sukhumi about 4 km offshore. All 27 occupants were killed. Probable cause (official findings): Shot down by a Strela missile fired by Abkhazi separatists based on a patrol boat.