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 Panorama of Sukhumi Airport | |
| Accident | |
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| Date | August 14, 1982 |
| Summary | Runway collision due to pilot error and air traffic controller error |
| Site | Babushera Airport (Gulripshi District, Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR, USSR) 42°51′46.57″N 41°7′5.39″E / 42.8629361°N 41.1181639°E |
| Total fatalities | 11 |
| Total survivors | 82 |
| First aircraft | |
.jpg) Tupolev Tu-134A of Aeroflot | |
| Type | Tupolev Tu-134A |
| Operator | Aeroflot (Georgian UGA, Sukhumi Joint Aviation Detachment) |
| Registration | CCCP-65836 |
| Flight origin | Babushera Airport, Sukhumi (Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR) |
| Destination | Vnukovo Airport, Moscow (RSFSR) |
| Occupants | 82 |
| Passengers | 76 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Survivors | 82 |
| Second aircraft | |
 Let L-410M of Aeroflot | |
| Type | Let L-410M Turbolet |
| Operator | Aeroflot (Georgian UGA, Sukhumi Joint Aviation Detachment) |
| Registration | CCCP-67191 |
| Flight origin | Babushera Airport, Sukhumi (Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR) |
| Destination | Kopitnari Airport, Kutaisi (Georgian SSR) |
| Occupants | 11 |
| Passengers | 9 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 11 |
| Survivors | 0 |
The 1982 Sukhumi Dranda Airport runway collision was an aviation accident that occurred on August 14, 1982, when two airliners collided on a runway at Babushera Airport in Sukhumi (Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR). The aircraft involved were a Tu-134A and a Let L-410M operated by "Aeroflot" on flights SU-974 (Sukhumi to Moscow) and G-73 (Sukhumi to Kutaisi). The collision resulted in the deaths of 11 people—all 9 passengers and both pilots on the L-410.