
Sknyliv air show disaster
2002 air show disaster in Ukraine

2002 air show disaster in Ukraine
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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