  ethiopian airlines flight 961, a boeing 767-200er, was hijacked on 23 november 1996, en route from addis ababa to nairobi on an addis ababaânairobiâbrazzavilleâlagosâabidjan service, by three ethiopians seeking asylum in australia. the plane crash-landed in the indian ocean near grande comore, comoros islands, due to fuel exhaustion; 125 of the 175 passengers and crew on board died, along with the hijackers; the official accident report stated that of the survivors four were uninjured and the remainder sustained injuries. the incident is one of the only documented water landing attempts of a widebody airliner with survivors. until the 11 september 2001 attacks, it was the deadliest hijacking involving a single aircraft, and the second deadliest hijacking after the 1990 guangzhou baiyun airport collisions.&nbsp;{{wayback|date= 20140819232637|url= http://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/27/nyregi
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