This Day In History: Flight 961 was hijacked by three Ethiopian men

On November 23, 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was flying from Addis Ababa to Nairobi when the plane was hijacked by three Ethiopians. the three Ethiopian men charged the cockpit and hijacked the aircraft after taking an ax and a fire extinguisher from the cockpit.  Ethiopian state-operated radio later identified the hijackers as two unemployed