A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.

1993 Sukhumi airliner attacks

Part of the War in Abkhazia

From 20 to 23 September 1993, during the Sukhumi massacre, separatists in Sukhumi, Abkhazia blocked Georgian troops' overland supply routes as part of the war in Abkhazia. In response, the Georgian government used Sukhumi Babushara Airport to ferry supplies to troops stationed…