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.

Jul 27, 2002 · According to preliminary information from the Emergency Situations Ministry, the two crewmen ejected and survived, but the aircraft crashed into the crowd of spectators watching the show at the Skniliv airdrome, killing at least 83 people and injuring 116 others in the western Ukrainian city of Lvov, emergency officials said.

July 27 marks the 20th anniversary of the Sknyliv air show disaster near Lviv, Ukraine, that killed 77 people, including 28 children. It is the deadliest air show accident in history.

Jul 27, 2017 · The deadliest air show accident in history occurred on Jul. 27, 2002, at Sknyliv airfield near Lviv, Ukraine, when a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 Flanker crashed during its display routine.

Senior local officials said it was getting increasingly hard to identify the bodies, many ripped apart by metal shards from the plane which were flung across the Sknyliv military air field, on the outskirts of this picturesque city.

Jul 28, 2002 · Dozens of bodies lay sprawled on the Sknyliv airfield in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv after the crash shattered a serene summer day. Many others sat dazed and bloodied. The air was...

Jul 27, 2021 · The awful accident at the Sknyliv Aviation Show in Ukraine killed 77 people, including 28 children, as well as injuring another 543, of which 100 required hospitalisation for burns, head injuries and bone fractures.

Aug 8, 2022 · In fact, the Ramstein tragedy was followed by the deadliest air show disaster ever during a display at Sknyliv airfield near Lviv, Ukraine. The accident happened on July 27, 2002, when a Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 piloted by Volodymyr Toponar and co-piloted by Yuriy Yegorov crashed while performing an aerobatics display at Sknyliv airfield.

Jul 29, 2002 · A seriously injured spectator is comforted by rescue workers after a Russian-made SU-27 fighter plane crashed into a crowd during an air show in Sknyliv close to Lviv, western Ukraine. At least 83 people were killed and 116 injured.

May 7, 2023 · On July 27, 2002, a Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 piloted by Volodymyr Toponar and co-piloted by Yuriy Yegorov crashed while performing an aerobatics display at Sknyliv airfield. The air exhibition was organized in honor of the Ukrainian Air Force’s 14th Air Corps’ 60th anniversary.