| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | November 20, 1993 |
| Time: | 2330 |
| Location: | Near Ohrid, Macedonia |
| Operator: | Aviaimpex (Macedonia) |
| Flight #: | 110 |
| Route: | Genèva- Skopje |
| AC Type: | Yakovlev YAK-42D |
| Registration: | RA-42390 |
| cn / ln: | 4016557 |
| Aboard: | 116 (passengers:108 crew:8) |
| Fatalities: | 116 (passengers:108 crew:8) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The airliner crashed and exploded after an aborted landing at Ohrid Airport. The aircraft was diverted to Ohrid because of bad weather. Violation of airport traffic pattern. The flight had earlier carried out a missed approach but the crew had reportedly failed to follow the normal procedure and as a result lost situational awareness. The VOR beacon not working. Misunderstanding because air traffic controller spoke Macedonian while the crew used Russian and English in their transmissions. |
Sources
Copyright © Richard Kebabjian / www.planecrashinfo.com