Hijacking description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 OCT 1991 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter |
| Operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | Djibouti Airport (JIB) (Djibouti) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Debra Marcos Airport (DBM/HADM), Ethiopia |
| Bahar Dar Airport (BJR/HABD), Ethiopia |
Hijacked to Djibouti. The hijacker was taken into custody by the local authorities and the aircraft was returned to Ethiopia.
Events:
Sources:
» Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1991 / U.S. Department of Tranport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Debra Marcos Airport to Bahar Dar Airport as the crow flies is 146 km (91 miles).
Distance from Debra Marcos Airport to Bahar Dar Airport as the crow flies is 146 km (91 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
