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North Macedonia's deadliest aviation disaster occurs when Avioimpex Flight 110, a Yakovlev Yak-42, crashes near Ohrid Airport, killing all 116 people on board.
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North Macedonia
Country in Southeast Europe
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the north. It constitutes approximately the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Avioimpex Flight 110
1993 aviation accident
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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Yakovlev Yak-42
Soviet mid-range trijet airliner
The Yakovlev Yak-42 is a 100/120-seat three-engined mid-range passenger jet developed in the mid 1970s to replace the technically obsolete Tupolev Tu-134. It was the first airliner produced in the Soviet Union to be powered by modern high-bypass turbofan engines.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport
Airport in Orovnik, Debarca Municipality
Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport, also known as Ohrid Airport, is an international airport in Ohrid, North Macedonia. The airport is located 9 km (5.6 mi) northwest from Ohrid. The main purpose of St. Paul the Apostle Airport is to serve as a second airport in North Macedonia…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
November 20
Day of the year
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