Transair Georgia was an airline based in Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

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Incidents

Transair Georgia Shootdown incidents of 1993 left 134 people dead, the first, (a 134) went down in the Black Sea

Black Sea

The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...

 whilst on approach to Sukhumi Dranda Airport

Sukhumi Dranda Airport

Sukhumi Dranda Airport is the main airport of Abkhazia. It is alternatively known as Sukhum Babushara Airport. Both Dranda and Babushara are villages located nearby...

, the second (a 154, reportedly carrying Georgian troops) went down on the runway at the airport, the 3rd was attacked on the ground with mortar/artillery fire.

	Aircraft type	Incident type
1st aircraft	Tupolev Tu 134 Tupolev Tu-134 The Tupolev Tu-134 is a twin-engined airliner, similar to the American Douglas DC-9 and the French Sud Aviation Caravelle, and built in the Soviet Union from 1966–1984. The original version featured a glazed-nose design and, like certain other Russian airliners , it can operate from unpaved...	Shootdown
2nd aircraft	Tupolev Tu 154 Tupolev Tu-154 The Tupolev Tu-154 is a three-engine medium-range narrow-body airliner designed in the mid 1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. As the mainstay 'workhorse' of Soviet and Russian airlines for several decades, it serviced over a sixth of the world's landmass and carried half of all passengers flown...	Shootdown
3rd aircraft	Tupolev Tu 154	Ground attack

Total fatalities: 134

Fleet

The Transair Georgia fleet included the following aircraft:

• Tupolev 134
• Tupolev 154