Hijacking description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 17 MAR 1995 |
| Type: | Boeing 737-260 |
| Operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
| Registration: | ET-AJB |
| C/n / msn: | 23915/1583 |
| First flight: | 1988-07-07 (6 years 8 months) |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | at an unknown location () |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Addis Ababa-Bole Airport (ADD/HAAB), Ethiopia |
| Bahar Dar Airport (BJR/HABD), Ethiopia |
Hijacker(s) demanded to be taken to Sweden. Duration of the hijacking: less than 1 day.
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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 Addis Ababa-Bole Airport to Bahar Dar Airport as the crow flies is 332 km (208 miles).
Distance from Addis Ababa-Bole Airport to Bahar Dar Airport as the crow flies is 332 km (208 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.
