a boeing 767 for etihopian airlines departs addis addaba for nairobi on its way to the ivory coast with 175 people on board. the captain has survived two hijackings before and is highly experienced as is the fo among the passengers includes a famous cameraman. the climb out is normal but just after crusing height is reached 3 etihopian men storm the cockpit and try and hijack the plane injuring the fo and asking the captain to fly the plane to australia way too far with the fuel they had. captain abate is worried that this won’t end the same way as the previous hijackings and tries to negotiate but it doesn’t work and the hijackers won’t divert the flight to get fuel. the only communcation with atc doesn’t go well with nairobi control who try and explain the situation but they won’t agree and force a ditching if needed. the plane continues southwards and the captain follows the coast originally but it doesn’t work as the hijackers realise they have been tricked so the captain heads for the comoros islands as the only option luckily there is an airport there but the hijackers won’t agree to land there. the engines start failing when they run low on fuel and the captain pleads for help from the passengers but only the camera man stands up to the hijackers and the plane starts to decend but nothing works at all in convicing them to land. the hijackers even disconnect the autopilot and the plane gets more out of control. some passengers even inflate their life jackets which is more dangerous than standing up to the hijackers the comoros islands are in reach though but it would be a flap less landing if they do. the crew are forced to ditch the plane on the ocean just short of the shore with the fo in the cockpit for the landing in his seat while the hijackers and the cameraman are all standing up as they hit the water. the landing is caught on camera somehow despite the plane being destroyed and the passengers disobeying the life jacket instruction 50 people survive including both pilots but not the hijackers or the cameraman. we never find out what organisation the hijackers belong to or who they are. both pilots return to flying after the crash.
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