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Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, a Boeing 767-200ER, was hijacked on 23 November 1996,[1]en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi on an Addis Ababa–Nairobi–Brazzaville–Lagos–Abidjan service,[2] by three Ethiopians seeking asylum in Australia.[3] The plane crash-landedin the Indian Ocean near Grande Comore, Comoros Islands, due to fuel exhaustion; 125 of the 175 passengers and crew on board died, along with the hijackers.[3] The official accident report stated that four of the survivors were uninjured.
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961
Boeing 767-260-ER, Ethiopian Airlines AN0268917.jpg
ET-AIZ, The aircraft involved in the accident is seen here at Frankfurt am Main Airport in 1993
Hijacking
Date23 November 1996
SummaryFuel exhaustion due to hijacking, water landing
SiteGrande Comore, Comoros
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 767-260ER
OperatorEthiopian Airlines
RegistrationET-AIZ
Flight originBole International Airport
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1st stopoverJomo Kenyatta Int'l Airport
Nairobi, Kenya
2nd stopoverMaya-Maya Airport
Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Last stopoverMurtala Mohammed Int'l Airport
Lagos, Nigeria
DestinationPort Bouet Airport
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Passengers163 (including 3 hijackers)
Crew12
Fatalities125 (including 3 hijackers)
Injuries46
Survivors50

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