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December 5, 1996 | From Times Wire Reports
Police identified two unemployed high school graduates and a nurse--all Ethiopians--as the hijackers of a jet that crashed off the Comoro Islands last month, killing 125 people. The airliner was hijacked shortly after takeoff from Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa.
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December 5, 1996 | From Times Wire Reports
Police identified two unemployed high school graduates and a nurse--all Ethiopians--as the hijackers of a jet that crashed off the Comoro Islands last month, killing 125 people. The airliner was hijacked shortly after takeoff from Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa.
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November 24, 1996 | JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
In one of history's deadliest acts of air piracy, an Ethiopian jetliner with 175 passengers and crew plunged into the Indian Ocean on Saturday after running out of fuel as the hijackers apparently tried to conduct negotiations by radio. Reports from the scene said at least 90 people were killed.
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November 24, 1996 | JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG, TIMES STAFF WRITER
In one of history's deadliest acts of air piracy, an Ethiopian jetliner with 175 passengers and crew plunged into the Indian Ocean on Saturday after running out of fuel as the hijackers apparently tried to conduct negotiations by radio. Reports from the scene said at least 90 people were killed.
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