Avioimpex Flight 110

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Avioimpex Flight 110
Yakovlev Yak-42D, Avioimpex AN0198777.jpg

The plane crashed at Düsseldorf Airport in April 1993
Accident summary
Accident type Controlled flight into terrain
place two kilometers east of Ohrid Airport , MacedoniaMacedonia 1991North Macedonia 
date November 20, 1993
Fatalities 116
Survivors 0
Aircraft
Aircraft type Soviet UnionSoviet Union Yakovlev Yak-42D
operator RussiaRussia Saravia for Avioimpex
Macedonia 1991North Macedonia
Mark RussiaRussia RA-42390
Departure airport Geneva Airport , SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland 
Destination airport Skopje Airport , Macedonia
Macedonia 1991North Macedonia 
Passengers 108
crew 8th
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On November 20, 1993, a serious accident occurred on Avioimpex flight 110 (flight number IATA : M4110 , ICAO : AXX110 ). A Jakowlew Jak-42D operated by Saravia and operated for Avioimpex , with which an international scheduled flight from Geneva to Skopje was to be carried out, had an accident shortly before landing near Ohrid Airport , where the pilots had moved due to adverse weather conditions. All 116 people on board were killed in the accident.

machine

The plane that crashed was a Jakowlew Jak-42D built in 1990. The machine with the serial number 4520424016557 and the model serial number 13-02 was on 19 April 1991 with the air vehicle registration CCCP-42390 to the Aeroflot erstausgeliefert. After the collapse of the Soviet Union , the Saravia took over the machine and registered it with the new aircraft registration number RA-42390. From 1992 the aircraft was operated on behalf of Avioimpex. The three-beam medium range narrow-body aircraft was with three turbofan engines of the type Lotarev D-36 equipped.

Passengers and crew

108 passengers had started the flight in Geneva and there was also an eight-person crew on board. About 80 percent of the inmates were citizens of Yugoslavia. Most of the passengers were ethnic Albanians or Kosovars with Yugoslav citizenship. Most of the remaining inmates were Macedonians . The four cockpit crew members were Russians , the four cabin crew members were from Macedonia.

the accident

The plane was originally supposed to land at Skopje Airport. Since there was a snowstorm there at the time, the pilots avoided the Ohrid Airport . The pilots received clearance to land on runway 02, but flew 2,300 feet (approx. 700 meters) too high to successfully carry out the landing, which is why a missed approach was carried out. Shortly afterwards, the crew reported by radio that they were not receiving a rotary radio beacon . Air traffic control was unable to comply with a request for radio direction finding. The captain stated that he could not see the runway lighting. Shortly thereafter, the aircraft's Ground Proximity Warning System sounded for seven seconds without the pilots following them. At the end of the alarms, at 11:30 p.m., the aircraft was flown two kilometers east of the airport into the flank of Mount Trojani.

Victim

Of the 116 inmates, 115 were initially killed. The passenger Rade Jevremović initially survived the accident as the only occupant, but suffered serious injuries. Eleven days later, on December 1, 1993, Jevremović died without having regained consciousness.

consequences

Since it was the third fatal accident in Macedonia within 16 months after the Volga-Dnepr Airlines flight accident at Tetovo and the Palair-Macedonian Airways flight 301 , the responsible minister for urban development, civil engineering, communications and the environment, Antoni Pesev, stepped in , back from his position. The pilots' association complained about defective equipment and poor safety standards at Skopje and Ohrid airports.

As of April 2020, Avioimpex flight 110 is still the most fatal aviation accident in the history of North Macedonia.

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