The Pilots BEGGED Them To Land... | The Full Story of Ethiopia 961
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Published10 months ago
Duration45:25
Video ID6s1Z7cfGeVM
Languageen-GB
CategoryEntertainment
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Video TypeRegular Video
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Views296.5K
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Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is one of the most notorious hijackings in the history of aviation. Three men storm the cockpit and make demands so irrational that it left the captain stunned. With no real plan, and what was later to be found as a fake bomb, they forced the pilots to fly them towards an impossible destination…
This is the full story of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961
00:00 - Intro
3:20 - Who Hijacked Flight 961?
6:30 - How Far Can A Boeing 767 Fly?
9:45 - What did the Pilots of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 Do?
13:00 - What Happens When A Plane Runs Out Of Fuel?
16:30 - Can Planes Land on Water?
19:30 - Why Passengers Shouldn't Inflate Life vests
22:00 - What Changed After Ethiopian 961?
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Below you will find the links to videos and sources used in this episode.
SOURCES
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Final Report: Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority Flight Safety Department
https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015746/http://www.fss.aero/accident-reports/dvdfiles/ET/1996-11-23-ET.pdf
Aircraft Used: Boeing 767-260ER by RHDSIMULATIONS
https://secure.simmarket.com/rhdsimulations-rhdsimulations-767-200200er-msfs20.phtml
Selamta Magazine:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/336033589210?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338722076&customid=&toolid=10050
Captain Abate: Ethiopian Airlines
https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/the-dead-mans-gambit-the-crash-of-ethiopian-airlines-flight-961-1a8a8daa566b
https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/research-note-understanding-offline-covid-19-conspiracy-theories-a-content-analysis-of-the-light-truthpaper/
Galawa Beach 1: comoros.travel.blog
https://comoros.travel.blog/dscf6181/
Galawa Beach 2: Booking.com
https://www.booking.com/searchresults.en-gb.html?aid=357028&label=bin859jc-1BCAsoekIObWFsb3VkamEtYmVhY2hIClgDaFCIAQGYAQm4ARfIAQzYAQHoAQGIAgGoAgO4AvCvg8QGwAIB0gIkNmIzNzFiOTQtYzE1OS00ZjljLTlkMWQtZjhjZmM5NjAxODRi2AIF4AIB&sid=c369f75b5caabd6ec1f3fbbfbd7a1b04&dest_id=352326&dest_type=city&hlrd=14&
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