Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961

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Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 Crash-Landing

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was a domestic passenger flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, with stopovers at Brazzaville, Lagos, and Abidjan. On November 23, 1996 the Boeing 767 was hijacked by three Ethiopians that were seeking asylum in Australia. However the plane ran out of fuel, and crash-landed in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros Islands. Of the 175 occupants on-board 125 people including the hijackers were killed, and 50 people survived.

Nationality	Passengers	Crew	Total
Austria	1	0	1
Australia	1	0	1
Belgium	1	0	1
Benin	2	0	2
Brazil	1	0	1
Burkina Faso	1	0	1
Burundi	1	0	1
Cameroon	2	0	2
Canada	1	0	1
Chad	1	0	1
China	1	0	1
Colombia	1	0	1
Republic of the Congo	5	0	5
Costa Rica	1	0	1
Denmark	1	0	1
Djibouti	2	0	2
Egypt	1	0	1
Ethiopia	19	12	31
Ecuador	1	0	1
France	4	0	4
Gambia	1	0	1
Germany	1	0	1
Georgia	1	0	1
Ghana	2	0	2
Guinea	1	0	1
Hungary	1	0	1
India	20	0	20
Iran	2	0	2
Ireland	1	0	1
Israel	8	0	8
Italy	4	0	4
Ivory Coast	1	0	1
Japan	2	0	2
Kenya	14	0	14
South Korea	1	0	1
Lesotho	1	0	1
Liberia	2	0	2
Madagascar	1	0	1
Mali	12	0	12
Mauritania	1	0	1
Mexico	1	0	1
Netherlands	2	0	2
Norway	1	0	1
New Zealand	1	0	1
Nigeria	23	0	23
Pakistan	1	0	1
Philippines	2	0	2
Russia	1	0	1
Rwanda	1	0	1
Senegal	1	0	1
Sierra Leone	1	0	1
Somalia	1	0	1
South Africa	1	0	1
Sri Lanka	9	0	9
Spain	1	0	1
Sweden	2	0	2
Switzerland	1	0	1
Tanzania	1	0	1
Thailand	1	0	1
Togo	1	0	1
Uganda	1	0	1
Ukraine	4	0	4
United Kingdom	7	0	7
United States	5	0	5
Yemen	1	0	1
Zaire	1	0	1
Zambia	1	0	1
Zimbabwe	1	0	1
Total	163	12	175