There were 163 passengers and 12 crew members on board. They were tracking the plane; it was an Ethiopian Airways plane, which tragically crashed just about a mile from the airport when it ran out of fuel.They had no such things as coffins because they planted folks directly in the ground. The idea that these bodies were rotting because of some jerk general at the National Security Council was, well, that’s why I said, “Get the fuck out of my country.”About two weeks later I got a call from Mary, Mary Ryan, saying that this general was making a great deal of trouble for the Air Force pilot and could I please confirm in writing what I had done. One report later described them as “young (mid-twenties), inexperienced, psychologically fragile, and intoxicated.” It would turn out to be the deadliest hijacking in history until They declared in Amharic, French and English that if anyone tried to interfere, they had a bomb and they would use it to blow up the plane. Ethiopian Airlines staff will be sent to the accident scene and will do everything possible to assist the emergency services. "A spokesperson from Boeing released a statement this morning and it reads: " Boeing is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of the passengers and crew on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a 737 MAX 8 airplane. Ethiopian Flight 961 — The Worst Hijacking in History Before 9/11 On November 23, 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was flying from Addis Ababa to Nairobi when the plane was hijacked by three Ethiopians. We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. He tweeted: "The Office of the PM, on behalf of the Government and people of Ethiopia, would like to express it’s deepest condolences to the families of those that have lost their loved ones on Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 on regular scheduled flight to Nairobi, Kenya this morning. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed confirmed there were deaths. We’d convinced the Comorans to set up a makeshift morgue in what was meatpacking plant because it was the only place that was cool. The first thing that we did- the French, who dominated the islands, it was a former French colony, advised us that a number of injured Americans were going to be taken to La Reunion, which is this island near Mauritius that is a department of France now, it used to be a French colony.The first thing I did is I flew with the admin officer to the Reunion airport.
On November 23, 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was flying from Addis Ababa to Nairobi when the plane was hijacked by three Ethiopians. That was what was so awful. But you know, it’s events like that when you realize what a good thing it is to have a diplomatic presence all over the world.I’ll skip all the gruesome details except for one because this is well worth telling.
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. So I did something I never did before and never did again.I said to the pilot, “You tell that general that the American Ambassador has told you to get the fuck off of his island now.” No, I said actually “to get the fuck out of his country right now.” And he said, “Yes sir, yes sir.” And we did it.What really got to me, what was heartbreaking is that one of the people who was killed was a young woman, a first-tour CIA junior officer, a lovely girl. Ethiopian Airlines flight ET961 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Abidjan with intermediate stops at Nairobi, Brazzaville and Lagos.
"Reports suggest the flight ET302 "had unstable vertical speed", or the rate of climb, after take off.Swedish-based flight tracking website flightradar24 tweeited: "Data from Flightradar24 ADS-B network show that vertical speed was unstable after take off.