Accident History
On 20 November 1993 Avioimpex Flight 110, a Yak 42D crashed near the airport. The aircraft was on a flight from Geneva, Switzerland to Skopje, but had been diverted to Ohrid due to poor weather conditions.
All eight crewmembers and 116 passengers died as a result of the accident. 115 died at the scene, the final victim died from injuries in hospital eleven days later.
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