Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was a scheduled international flight serving the route Addis Ababa–Nairobi–Brazzaville–Lagos–Abidjan. On 23 November 1996, the aircraft serving the flight, a Boeing 767,
ET-AIZ, the aircraft involved in the hijacking, seen in July 1996
Sequence showing the ditching of the aircraft; this was recorded by a South African tourist.
Mohamed Amin
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Mohamed Amin was a Kenyan photojournalist.
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961
…and Yonas both survived. For his actions, Leul was awarded the Flight Safety Foundation Professionalism in Flight Safety Award. Among those killed was Mohamed Amin, a wartime photojournalist and publisher of Selamta, Ethiopian Airlines' in-flight magazine. He was believed to be standing near the entrance to the…
Mohammed Amin