Charter

Accident history

On 20 November 1993 an Avioimpex

Avioimpex

Avioimpex was an airline carrier from the Republic of Macedonia, based out of Skopje. It operated both scheduled and charter services to and from Skopje and Ohrid.- History: Avioimpex was established as Interimpex-Avioimpex in September 1992...

 Yak 42D

Yakovlev Yak-42

The Yakovlev Yak-42 is a 100/120-seat three-engined mid-range passenger jet. It was designed as a replacement for several obsolete Aeroflot jets as a mid-range passenger jet...

 crashed near the airport. The aircraft was on a flight from Geneva

Geneva

Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 to Skopje, but had been diverted to Ohrid due to poor weather conditions.

All eight crewmembers and 115 of the 116 passengers perished in the accident. Unfortunately the survivor died from injuries in hospital several weeks later.

External links

• Macedonian Airports Homepage