An Ethiopian Airlines plane is hijacked over the Comoros Islands and crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing 125 people.

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

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01Air Disaster Special Report: Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 [online] Available at: www.airdisaster.com [Accessed on 2 November 2012]
02BaynetnaAir crash Investigation ”“ African Hijack [online] Available at: https://baynetna.com [Accessed on 2 November 2012]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, November 21). An Ethiopian Airlines plane is hijacked over the Comoros Islands and crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing 125 people.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0069971

South African History Online (2011) 'An Ethiopian Airlines plane is hijacked over the Comoros Islands and crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing 125 people.', South African History Online, 21 November. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0069971 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).

South African History Online, An Ethiopian Airlines plane is hijacked over the Comoros Islands and crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing 125 people. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0069971, (accessed 22 July 2026).

"An Ethiopian Airlines plane is hijacked over the Comoros Islands and crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing 125 people.." South African History Online, 21 Nov. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0069971. Accessed 22 July 2026.

South African History Online. "An Ethiopian Airlines plane is hijacked over the Comoros Islands and crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing 125 people.." South African History Online. November 21, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0069971.