Avioimpex Flight 110 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by
Avioimpex
''Avioimpex'' was an airline carrier from the North Macedonia, Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia), based in Skopje. It operated both scheduled and charter services to and from Skopje and Ohrid.
History
Avioimpex was established as I ...
that crashed on 20 November 1993 while flying from
Geneva to
Skopje. Before the disaster, Flight 110 had deviated from
Skopje International Airport to
Ohrid Airport
Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport ( mk, Аеродром „Св. Апостол Павле“ Охрид, translit=Aerodrom „Sv. Apostol Pavle“ Ohrid, ), also known as Ohrid Airport ( mk, Аеродром Охрид, translit=Aerodrom Ohrid ...
due to a blizzard in the Macedonian capital. The plane, a
Yakovlev Yak-42, was carrying 108 passengers and eight crew, and crashed about east of Ohrid Airport. All 116 people on board were killed as a result of the crash. One passenger lived for eleven days after the disaster but succumbed to his injuries. Most of the victims were
Yugoslav citizens of
Albanian
Albanian may refer to:
*Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular:
**Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans
**Albanian language
**Albanian culture
**Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...
ethnicity.
The crash was Macedonia's third aviation disaster in 16 months, and remains the country's deadliest. A subsequent investigation established the cause of the accident as pilot error.
Flight
Flight 110 was an international scheduled passenger flight originating in
Geneva,
Switzerland
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with a final destination of
Skopje,
Macedonia
Macedonia most commonly refers to:
* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
* Macedonia (Greece), a traditional