Date: | Thursday 16 August 1990 |
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Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter |
Owner/operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
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Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
Category: | UI |
Location: | Aden International Airport (ADE) -
Yemen
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Passenger |
Departure airport: | Dessie-Combolcha Airport (DSE/HADC) |
Destination airport: | Addis Ababa-Bole Airport (ADD/HAAB) |
Narrative:An Ethiopian Airlines aircraft was hijacked to Aden Airport during a domestic flight. Two passengers aboard the plane were reportedly involved in the hijacking. Upon landing in Yemen, the hijackers were overpowered and arrested by the aircraft's security personnel, one of whom was injured.
Sources:
Criminal Acts Against Civil Aviation 1991 / U.S. Department of Transport, FAA, Office of Civil Aviation Security
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