| Date of Accident: | 04 October 2001 |  |
| Airline: | Sibir Airlines |  |
| Aircraft: | Tupolev TU-154M | |
| Location: | Black Sea - off Sochi, Russia | |
| Registration: | RA-85693 | |
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| Flight Number: | 1812 | |
| Fatalities: | 77:77 | |
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| Accident Description: | The aircraft exploded while on a flight from Tel Aviv, Israel to Novosibirsk, Russia via Bugas, Bulgaria. The pilot of a nearby aircraft reported seeing the aircraft explode at 33,000 feet, fall into the Black Sea, and explode again on impact. Impacted by a Ukrainian S-200 surface to air missile, which had been fired as part of a military exercise being conducted in the Black Sea. |
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