Sknyliv Air Show Disaster
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Crew | 2 – Volodymyr Toponar and co-pilot Yuriy Yegorov (ejected to safety) |
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About Sknyliv Air Show Disaster
The Sknyliv air show disaster occurred on 27 July 2002, when a Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 piloted by Volodymyr Toponar and co-piloted by Yuriy Yegorov crashed during an aerobatics presentation at Sknyliv airfield near Lviv, Ukraine. The accident killed 77 people and injured 543, 100 of whom were hospitalised.