Air disaster

1982 Sukhumi Dranda Airport runway collision

14 Aug 1982 · 42.86° N, 41.12° E

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When
14 Aug 1982
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
42.86° N, 41.12° E
Description
aviation incident in the Soviet Union
Deaths
11

Sukhum International Airport

Airport in Sukhumi, Abkhazia, Georgia

Vladislav Ardzinba Sukhum International Airport, formerly known as Sukhumi Babushara and Sukhumi Dranda is the main airport of Abkhazia. It is located in the village of Babushara next to the larger village of Dranda and some 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Sukhumi, the capital of the unrecognised republic of Abkhazia.

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