Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked on 23 November 1996 en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi on a Bombay - Addis Ababa - Nairobi - Brazzaville - Lagos - Abidjan route, by three Ethiopians seeking political asylum in Australia. The plane crash- landed in the Indian Ocean near Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125 of the 175 passengers and crew on board.