ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327478
| Date: | Thursday 16 February 1984 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-12 |
| Owner/operator: | Ethiopian Air Force |
| Registration: | 1509 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 38 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | near Debre Zeit/Harar Meda Air Base -
 Ethiopia
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
An Antonov 12 military transport plane of the Ethiopian Air Force was hijacked during a domestic flight. An air force lieutenant brandished a hand grenade and demanded to be flown to Somalia.
He detonated the grenade when he noticed the flight was approaching Debre Zeit near Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. The airplane crashed, reportedly killing 26.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
Toledo Blade - Feb 20, 1984
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