The 24 civilians of humanitarian missions who died as a result of the crash of a United Nations plane in northern Kosovo on November 12, 1999, were commemorated on Wednesday.
This plane was coming from Rome with personnel and humanitarian aid to the country just emerging from war.
The UNMIK Mission in Kosovo has commemorated this tragedy 26 years ago.
“On a foggy, cold morning on Friday, 12 November 1999, a plane carrying people from all over the world, mainly international humanitarian and aid workers, arrived from Rome to Pristina on Flight 3275. Their mission was to support relief operations in Kosovo. Tragically, the plane never reached Pristina Airport. Minutes before landing, the WFP flight crashed in the Bajgora Pass, killing all 24 people on board, shocking the international community,” the UNMIK statement said.
UNMIK's Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Milbert Dongjoon Shin, led a delegation to the site of the 1999 plane crash to pay tribute to those who lost their lives.