Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961
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 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Tanzania | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Thailand | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Togo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Uganda | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Ukraine | 4 | 0 | 4 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} United Kingdom | 7 | 0 | 7 |
 United States | 5 | 0 | 5 |
 Yemen | 1 | 0 | 1 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Zaire | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Zambia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 163 | 12 | 175 |
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 Crash-Landing
An Ethiopian airlines 767 registered ET-AIZ, similar to the one involved in the crash.
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