ET 961
23 Nov 1996 · Hijacking, Sabotage & Deliberate ActsETHIOPIAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 961
Boeing 767-200 · Ethiopian Airlines · Image: Wikimedia Commons
Why it happened
Hijackers ran the fuel dry, then a forced ditching
Fuel range reality
Hijack management
Ditching
Aircraft
Boeing 767-200
Ethiopian Airlines
Route
Addis Ababa (ADD), Ethiopia
→ Nairobi (NBO), Kenya
People
175 on board
125 fatalities
Date
23 Nov 1996
Flight crew
Captain: Leul Abate
Category
Hijacking, Sabotage & Deliberate Acts
Bombs, hijackers, shootdowns, murder in the cockpit.
THE STORY
Hijackers demanded Australia — 9,000 miles away — and refused to believe the fuel math. The 767 ditched off the Comoros while tourists filmed it.