Transair Georgia

IATA	ICAO	Callsign
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Headquarters

Georgia

Transair Georgia was an airline based in Georgia.

Incidents

In late-September 1993, three Transair Georgia aircraft were destroyed by Abkhazian rebels over the course of three days, leaving a total of 136 people dead. The first aircraft (a Tu-134) went down in the Black Sea whilst on approach to Sukhumi Dranda Airport, the second (a Tu-154, reportedly carrying Georgian troops) went down on the runway at the airport, and the third (another Tu-134) was attacked on the ground with mortar/artillery fire.

	Aircraft type	Incident type
1st aircraft	Tupolev Tu-134	Shootdown
2nd aircraft	Tupolev Tu-154	Shootdown
3rd aircraft	Tupolev Tu-134	Ground attack

Fleet

The Transair Georgia fleet included the following aircraft:

References

Airlines of Georgia

Current	Georgian Airways Georgian International Airlines Sky Georgia

Defunct	Air Batumi Air Caucasus Caucasus Airlines Eurex Airlines Fly Georgia Flyvista TAM Air Transair Georgia Zakavia

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