A Routine Flight Turns Into a Mid-Air Nightmare
On 23 November 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 a Boeing 767-200ER operating the Addis Ababa–Nairobi–Brazzaville–Lagos–Abidjan route was hijacked by three Ethiopian men who demanded asylum in Australia. What began as a standard international connection became one of the most harrowing aviation tragedies ever recorded. Unexpected Hijacking and Immediate Terror Approximately twenty minutes after takeoff, as […]


