Avioimpex Flight 110
Avioimpex Flight 110 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Avioimpex 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 due to a blizzard in the Macedonian capital. The plane, a Yakovlev Yak-42, was carrying 108 passengers and eight crew, and crashed about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi; 3.8 nmi) 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 ethnicity.
The aircraft involved in the crash, seen at Düsseldorf Airport in April 1993 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 20 November 1993 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Trojani, near Ohrid Airport, Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia 41.185°N 20.7761°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Yakovlev Yak-42 |
| Operator | Avioimpex |
| Registration | RA-42390 |
| Flight origin | Geneva International Airport |
| Destination | Skopje Airport |
| Occupants | 116 |
| Passengers | 108 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 116 (initially 115) |
| Injuries | 0 (initially 1) |
| Survivors | 0 (initially 1) |
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.