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Accident | |
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Date | 27 July 2002 |
Summary | Pilot error during aerobatic maneuver |
Site | Sknyliv Airfield near Lviv, Ukraine |
Total fatalities | 77 (on ground) |
Total injuries | 545 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Sukhoi Su-27UB |
Operator | Ukrainian Air Force Ukrainian Falcons |
Occupants | 2 |
Crew | 2 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries | 2 |
Survivors | 2 |
Ground casualties | |
Ground fatalities | 77 |
Ground injuries | 543 |
The Sknyliv air show disaster 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.