Sknyliv air show disaster · Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport
On July 27, 2002, Sknyliv air show disaster (Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport). 77 people died.
- Date
- July 27, 2002
- Place
- Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International Airport
- Operator
- Ukrainian Air Force
- Killed
- 77
- Injured
- 543
- Position
- 49.817°N, 23.950°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q1434037
From Wikipedia
The Sknyliv air show disaster (Ukrainian: Скнилівська трагедія, romanized: Sknylivska trahediia, lit. 'Sknyliv tragedy') occurred on 27 July 2002, when a Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27UB aircraft, piloted by Volodymyr Toponar (of the Ukrainian Falcons) and co-piloted by Yuriy Yegorov, crashed into spectators during an aerobatics presentation at Sknyliv airfield near Lviv, Ukraine. The accident killed 77 people and injured 543. It is the deadliest air show accident in history.
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