📅 #OTD in 1996 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked midair by three young Ethiopians who demanded to be flown to Australia—a journey far beyond the plane’s fuel range. What followed was one of the most harrowing hijackings in aviation history, ending with a dramatic ditching in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros Islands. 📺 Check out the full episode on Mayday’s YouTube channel. 🔗 https://youtu.be/fqjiubj_pwQ | Mayday / Air Crash Investigation / Air Disasters

92K views · 291 reactions | The crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 961 Full report https://t.ly/1wpBI | Landing Linker | Facebook

On November 23, 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked during its journey from Addis Ababa to Nairobi. The hijackers, demanding to be flown to Australia, ignored the captain’s warnings that the plane didn’t have enough fuel for such a trip. Captain Leul Abate tried to reason with them, but to no avail. Eventually, the aircraft ran out of fuel and crash-landed in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros Islands. The impact tore the plane apart, tragically claiming 125 of the 175 lives onboard.

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