ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 757-200 registration unknown Roma-Ciampino Airport (CIA)
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Date:Sunday 23 January 1994
Type:Silhouette image of generic B752 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Boeing 757-200
Operator:Ethiopian Airlines
Registration: registration unknown
MSN:
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 32
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 43
Aircraft damage: None
Location:Roma-Ciampino Airport (CIA) (   Italy)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Dakar-Yoff Airport (DKR/GOOY), Senegal
Destination airport:Bamako Airport (BKO/GABS), Mali
Narrative:
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 757 aircraft, en route from Dakar, Senegal, to Bamako, Mali, with 32 passengers and 11 crew members, was hijacked by a man armed with a knife. The hijacker, a former Ethiopian soldier, forced the aircraft to fly over Morocco and the Mediterranean Sea and land at Ciampino Airport in Rome, Italy. Upon landing, the hijacker surrendered after negotiating briefly with authorities. The hijacker stated that his motive was dissatisfaction with unemployment and politics in Ethiopia. No injuries were reported.

Classification:
Hijack


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Distance from Dakar-Yoff Airport to Bamako Airport as the crow flies is 1054 km (659 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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