French Plane Misses Runway at Alex the Great Airport


A small private plane with French aircraft registration missed the runway on Monday night as it tried to land at Skopje's Alexander the Great airport.

No one is injured and the plane hasn't been damaged, except having a flat tyre, which is believed to be the main cause of the accident.

The Civil Aviation Agency says the plane - which flew from Maastricht to Skopje - had a hard landing and initially touched down on the grass missing the extended asphalt of the runway. The plane was carrying three passengers.

Following the incident, inspectors of the Civil Aviation Agency visited the site and launched an investigation into why the plane missed the runway.