ethiopia flight 961 crashed in to the sea on 23 november 1996.
ethiopia flight 961 crashes in to the sea?
23 november 1996
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ethiopian airlines flight 961 was a scheduled flight serving the route addis ababa–nairobi–brazzaville–lagos–abidjan. on 23 november 1996, the aircraft serving the flight, a boeing 767-200er, was hijacked en route from addis ababa to nairobi by three ethiopians seeking asylum in australia. the plane crash-landed in the indian ocean near grande comore, comoros islands, due to fuel exhaustion; 125 of the 175 passengers and crew on board, including the three hijackers, died. the crash was captured on video.





























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ethiopian airlines flight 961
flight 961 was a routine scheduled commercial flight carrying 262 passengers and 9 crew from varadero, cuba to quebec city on march 6, 2005. at 2:48 am est, flight 961 took off from cuba. the flight climbed to its initial cruising altitude of and the flight attendants began the inflight service. then, suddenly, at 3:02 am, the aircraft began a dutch roll after a bang shuddered the aircraft violently. the plane climbed until the crew overcame the aircraft upset by descending. the aircraft attempted to divert to fort lauderdale-hollywood international airport but air transat operations told the crew that returning to varadero would be the more prudent option. there were no warnings on the flightdeck indicating a rudder problem or a yaw damper problem. the plane landed safely at 4:19 am. upon parking at the gate, the crew did another walk around inspection to narrow down the cause of the accident. the inspection revealed the entire rudder had broken away from the vertical stabilizer of the aircraft.
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