Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 Crashes Into Sea Due To Hijacker's Stupidity | Mayday | Wonder
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- Опубликовано: 11 авг 2021
- On 23 November 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is forced to ditch after running out of fuel. The aircraft breaks up as the wings hit the water, killing 125 people. The aircraft had been hijacked and ran out of fuel because the hijackers did not believe the pilot's insistence that there was not enough fuel aboard to make it to the hijackers' planned destination, Australia.
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3 total hijackings, one of them ends in a crash, and you still continue to fly? And with the same airline those 3 hijackings took place?? You sir, have balls of steel!!
Why do we use balls as a symbol of fearlessness. Balls are delicate little things and need jock straps and protection cups for athletics...
@@Doriesep6622 i guess they mean by this phrase that, even if it's slammed against the wall it'll still function.
@@Doriesep6622 That is the point of the phrase. Because it is delicate, the person still continue on when risking getting kicked there.
@@Doriesep6622 hahaha
He is a man that isn't going to let the horrible acts of others make him change how he wants to live his life. He isn't going to let hijackers scare him into walking away from something he loves which is flying. He also may really like flying for Ethiopian Airlines, he may have great pay with perks and benefits that take care of him and his family. He also might have bosses that he really likes working for. There is definitely a reason he continues to fly and only fly for Ethiopian airlines and I think it's that he won't fold for anyone.
The actor who played the captain absolutely nailed the emotions.
and the actor who played the main terrorist got this guy's stupidity perfectly nailed aswell
They use really good actors for this series
@@jackback70 lol
@@scdu true, I honestly would love to see one of these in a passenger/pilot POV, or even one in 3D, i’d be amazing.
i was riled up and nervous as the documentary progressed, his emotions and acting felt so real i was scared for him lmao
This pilot survived 3 hijacks!! That's beyond insane!
He must have nerves of steel to continue flying! I would think anyone would have PTSD after that.
@Sunshine Ng Nowadays they have locked and bulletproof doors which can only be opened from the inside!
Time to retire
It must have been almost a routine in his country that is why😂
ikr thats crazy.
It's sad that a man with only one arm, was the only one that was willing to try to take on the highjackers. May he R.I.P. ⚘
You have to remember that hijackings before 9/11 were treated much differently. Prior to flight 96, it was unheard of to use a plane like a projectile to take down a building. Hijackings were usually done by people looking for money (a la something like DB Cooper), or holding the plane, passengers, and crew hostage (like that one air alegeirs flight) or to defect/ seek asylum. They were treated like hostage situations. If you were on a hijacked plane, the advice was to sit back, relax, and wait until the plane landed, and possibly enjoy your unplanned trip to Cuba.
9/11 changed that, partially because it wasn’t a hostage situation but also because of newfound responses to hijackings. The US in particular was much more keen on shooting down hijacked planes, no matter the circumstance. It turned from being treated as a hostage situation into a terrorist attack.
Before, terrorist attacks with planes were always bombings, not rammings (think the Pan-Am flight over Scotland). 9/11 inspired a bunch of copycat attacks, so hijackings became much more dangerous.
@@Kaanfight Well in this situation the pilot had told the passengers that they were going to crash land. He said to overcome the hijackers, yet only one man was willing to attempt it. I don't care if it was pre 911 or not. Maybe if "real men" had acted, then the pilot wouldn't have had to struggle with the hijacker at the end, and would have been able to land on a runway, saving more lives.
@@hummingbird2254 actually English language isn't same everywhere in the world. European and American English is completely different from African English and its pronunciation. The passengers didn't get the clear message from the captain as describe by the high ranked American passenger. European and Americans English are understood well by South East Asians also because of the era of colonisation, but African (mainly middle and South portion) and South American English are completely different. This difference also led to crash of an Avianca (Columbian) flight where pilots couldn't properly inform the air traffic controllers about their fuel emergency.
@@Kaanfight you described everything extremely well, but I want to differ in one place only. In US, hijacked planes aren't immediately shot down. Yes, at least 2 fighter jets are sent to evaluate the situation, to see if the pilots are in a situation to respond to basic instructions by very basic wingtip movements. Also from it, hijackers get some psychological messages like the pilots aren't alone up there, and close eyes of law enforcement and air force are monitoring the situation closely and very seriously. Ultimately the jobs of the fighters are to guide the aeroplane outside US airspace if the hijacking has nothing to do with US governments and have enough fuel to do so or if required to guide it to land to a nearby airport safely. There is no way a fighter jet will shoot down a hijacked passenger airliner. Only if situation like 9/11 emerges, the fighters may be ordered to shoot it down. But its extremely unlikely to happen.
If you want more detailed knowledge about interception of passenger airliners ( either hijacked or not) by military fighter jets, you may visit the channel of mentour pilot. It's well described there.
@@prabuddhabose9045 I’m African, English is really the same everywhere even if it’s heavily accented, it is also clear that that pilot spoke clear English, I feel as though your comment is rather condescending. Please know your facts before making uneducated assumptions. The stuff you see like black panther and what not with HEAVILY EXAGGERATED African accents is all fiction.
These have to be the lowest IQ hijackers in this whole series.
If this was a movie I would have said the hijackers was poorly written - No one can live with room temperature IQ surely?
They majored in Liberal Arts and obviously minored in Droppingoutology.
Ignorance and desperation make people do stupid things.
oh and everything is liberal vs conservative, for a little context on why I say "careful"
and they absolutely hate each other (according to their respective MSMs)
The level of stupidity of those hijackers is a level so low that I didn’t know a person like that could even be considered functioning.
Lmfaooo faxx
Terrorists have always been rather stupid to begin with, very few actually have a brain.
@@Suisfonia that is true but daaamn if you MUST hijack a plane to make it to Australia....maybe pick a plane going to Australia? Lol I’m not a plane expert by any means but even I know how the fuel situation works. They walk in their acting like it’s got a gas tank in the sky lol
@@nolaray1062 Well that one idiot did point at a pamphlet and state that it says right there that they have the fuel. Apparently we need to put disclaimers there now that says: "Due to terrorist animals, we now need this disclosure: not all commercial craft will fly with a *full* fuel tank. What is listed here is merely how much fuel the plane is capable of carrying, it doesn't mean it will actually be carrying that much.
Hijackers only want a free flight wtf
I get so much relieved when I see survivors getting interviewed
Yes. 🙏🏼
Not me. I like it better when the relatives are interviewed.
@@chancellor170 I just wanted to comment how disgusting it is of you to enjoy the tragedy of other people... but here I am.. Watching airplane crash documentaries.. So who am I to judge. Anyways, I like the "captains safe airplanes that were doomed to crash" definetly more. My condolences to all who lost loved ones in this crash.
Even more when the pilots are intervied
I really enjoy the older episodes of this show where there are more interviews with people who survived compared to a few or none nowadays.
To be more clear, Season 15/16 onwards is when survivor interviews overall began to digress.
The captain is amazingly brave. He fulfilled his duty extremely well.
pity so mant ignored his instructions , there would have been many more survivors
absolutely blown away by the guy who was swimming away from a plane crash that he miraculously survived and decided to stop and check a random floating passport that incidentally turned out to be his
he was the chosen one by god
@@jackback70 maybe he is chosen but god had nothing to do with this. He had his bearings together enough to know not to inflate his jacket and had a way out of a sinking pile of metal.
Lol if I’m the one trying to survive, I wouldnt even care about picking up any floating debris
@@NoobOfShame bearings or not, God has everything to do with it. you can be the most calm person, but it doesn't always save you if the situation is beyond out of your control
@jaggyshack God hasn't a capital letter G
And I mean no disrespect man just trynna help
This Pilot should find a place in Guinness Book of World Records for being hijacked thrice and surviving all attempts.
Hijacked twice?!?!
😳. Damn.
That guy will only go out according to his own term lol.
@@raynocwh9367 He already resigned long time, He has been living in America .
@@equarg three times, didnt you watched the video?
There is a reason why he got hijacked 3 times and isn't in the guinness book of world record:
hijackings in africa are MUCH more different than america (usually, thi)
The hijackings in Africa are just people wanting to leave the continent due to some major problems.
In america most likely if someone hijacks a plane it's for terrorism.
I would watch a movie about Captain Abate’s life…hijacked three times and survived? Wow.
Me too!! I wish it gets made soon!
Me too
Someone really should make one (if he allows it of course), he’s literally a veteran of flying.
Totally!
They would have to tone it down to 2 hijackings. 3 hijackings would seem unrealistic.
12:40 "if I am not alive nobody is alive" chilling words from the pilot.
😭😭😭
he meant that if he wasn't alive then nobody could fly the plane and they would harshly crash leading to the death of everyone on the flight
@@BlueSiege01 I know I was was just reminding everyone of the reality
@@limbeboy7 I was telling Sarah vand
@@BlueSiege01 the only other way would have been for the co-pilot to fly. But the captain is the most experienced.
Something about the idiocy of the hijackers’ assumption that they could make it to Australia really angers me as I watch this.
They wanna be your neighbor
Ikr
I mean, they didn't think to at least watch the fuel gauge to see if it was dropping at a rate proportional to what the pilot claimed, to verify the truth?? They clearly didn't want a better life - or, really, life - THAT badly. Smh.
They're uneducated, what did you expect from them? They had no idea how a plane worked. How many people would just assume the plane was always full on fuel? That's how cars work for most people - how often do you see people calculating how much fuel they need per trip, and then fuelling up just enough for it?
But we who are educated can guess that less fuel means more efficiency, so we would accept the pilot's response - hell, we'd look into it ahead of time and would know not to try to hijack a plane with a route that short. Well, we wouldn't hijack a plane at all.
They were running in fear, and had no knowledge or power. They could've been suppressed by a determined group of passengers even, it was just 3 men lightly armed.
Same here OP. People like them can either be entertainment, or a source of frustration.
How dreadful to have saved an extra 60-80 people only for them to drown in their life jackets, because of confusion/panic. So many more people could have survived. Tragic. The pilot did an extraordinary job, especially in his circumstances. RIP.
There was another plane crash where everyone on board survived the crash but died of carbon monoxide poisoning/fire. They all tried to run out of the front door, which was damaged during the crash and wouldn't open. It was a small aircraft with 1 front and 1 back exit and the co-pilot who acted also as a stuart died like 2 meters from the door at the back after abandoning the damaged front door and fighting against the passengers pushing towards the front door.
Lesson to learn: pls pay attention to the safety instructions and note where is the actual nearest door to you
People don't pay attention.
A lot of monkey see monkey went on in that moment.
@@kiiltochii1607 Sadly most people have no clue how to handle the psychological stress of an emergency, especially in this day and age as more and more people choose to live what we would think of as a "first world" life; prioritizing comfort and convenience, distancing themselves from even things like killing their own meat which was the norm for nearly all of human history. It's inevitable that people will unnecessarily die in these situations because of this.
@@kiiltochii1607 It's sad that many people could have survived but because of deep panic, many would just follow others and not be able to keep calm and think rationally and yhe procedures meant to keep them safe and alive.
I'm worried about my addiction with these mayday series
Preach!!!!
mayday thursdays
Me to 🤣
same here
It takes me a lot of prompting to watch any of them...unless I know the ending is positive.
Captain Abate did what he could to crash land as smooth as possible. He definitely earns my respect for his bravery, professionalism and Skill. To all of us that still fly, instructions given by the pilots especially concerning safety should be followed coz most times that's how God speaks to us. May the souls of those who didn't make it continue to rest in peace 🙏
Besides putting babies on the floor.
Eh...no, the Lord only speaks to us through the Bible, the written Word, because the canon is complete and has been for ages now.
The vacationers deserve more recognition for their heroic efforts to help the survivors. Now that's called bravery.
yeah, totally unlike those coward in the flight who refuse to fight for their own life.
@@raynocwh9367 yeah? And then what? Cause the death of almost 200 ppl if they actually had a bomb with them?
@@raynocwh9367 cant blame some thinking if they attack a bomb goes off.
@@raynocwh9367 Oh, look at the big man on the internet!
@@raynocwh9367 wise guy up in here
The fact he has been hijacked before is so baffling
You wouldve thought they reinforced the cockpit doors before this
@@sarahvand3628 Naaah, wasn't too important back then, 9/11 was needed to make this point clear... Unfortunately...
2 times before 😩😩
Thank God the pilot on that plane that day was someone who had prior experience of being hijacked.
@@ShaOryDow They did take measures up to and including 9/11 in which the cockpit door is locked during flight and you need a key to open the door, but the key was in a very open area and even someone with no knowledge could grab the key and enter the cockpit.
As an Ethiopian who lived to witness that tragedy, I still feel the pain of those who lost their loved ones. Captain Abate did the best he could to minimise the damage, and he did a marvellous job. We all respect him for his outstanding efforts. Correction on Mo Amin's accident that made him lost an arm; it was not a bomb explosion, it was an explosion on an artillery depot on 4 June 1991.
The pilot absolutely did everything he could in such a irrational situtation created by the terrorists, and he, along with the rest of the crew, deserve to be commended for their efforts. With that said though, I feel terrible for the people who, most likely in a panic or out of ignorance, inflated their lifejackets before leaving the plane. Awful way to die, especially considering they most likely could have been saved. R.I.P.
Besides the panic during that horrible moment, not paying attention during a preflight instruction is one major problem. It is always advisable to listen to those instructions in every flight even if you hear them before.
I tend to lean towards the majority of ppl inflating early due to panic. Some were probably out of ignorance.
They should actually make sure to stress that point during the safety check before the flight. But then again....most pay no attention to that when its happening.
@@thinlineofsanity1035 True...thats what happens when you are on panic.
This is why u listen to the flight attendants and read the cards. Being called a nerd is better than being drowned.
@@tilethio It honestly baffled me that so many inflated their life-jacket, given it's mentioned on every flight NOT to inflate it inside the place, I know it was out of fear and stress but... The amount of lives that could've been saved if they all worked together and listened...
I'm imagining myself in such a situation, will I scream? No, freaking out and stressing will exhaust my energy, and will lower my chance of survival, will I be nervous? Of course! But it's proven time and time again that, as long as it isn't a catastrophic crash, where nobody has a chance to survive, I rather have everyone remain calm, collected, and ready to leave the moment the plane hit the water.
Again... I won't blame them for freaking out, it usually happens naturally, you can't do much against the fear of dying.
That pilot is a hero, amazing that he never panicked and was all in control to the very end. ❤️
THE PILOT HAD TO DEAL WITH *3* HIJACKS ?? thats literally so impressive no matter how u look at it, this man is a legend
i mean sort of.
3 american hijacks? that would be mindblowing.
all 3 of those hijacks were basically people trying to get out of the country to escape wars.
@@astro3 either way a hijacked plane. Risks of losing hundreds of peoples lives is still just as bad
@@makiyogurt533 yes, you are absolutely right
What about the second pilot? Is he die?
This is such a well-known airplane crash, hearing about this and seeing many clips of the actual footage of the plane hitting the water still makes me uneasy.
Yet I always forgot to watch the full episode until now.
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@@user-ev8jc7uo1v :O indeed.
Same here. I've watched almost every aircrash documentary, but somehow hadn't watched one about this crash.
And I don't know the cause was this stupid
@Rihsyan Adam Riansyah
Hijacking and loss of fuel due to long distance flying and severe impact on water.
Now I’m not trying to objectify no one or minimize anyone’s acting talent, but the actor who played the captain sure is a handsome gentleman
it's not objectifying to find somebody attractive :P
Exactly what I thought... I wouldn't mind to get to know what his name is 🙈
@@juliadce 😃❤
Agree. And the real pilot is handsome too!
Same thing I thought when I watched, lol, handsome man
I am a survivor of this flight. Was on my way from Addis to Nairobi when it happened. The acting in this video is so accurate that it brings back memories. Thanks to the pilots and crew who did a great job.
Hope you are fine and your Family …..
I am so very sorry for what you had to go through. May you live a good life
Can you share your experience? If not that is fine. I'm just curious.
Hi, am I wrong when I say that this situation could have been easily solved by taking on the hijackers? You had like 80 grown men aboard and not a single one took a chance and tried to stop them?
@@Duphe I mean no need to victim blame. Such a terrifying/bizarre situation and pre-9/11 so I understand people not as desperate to stop hijackers.
Captain:we
Hijacker:we
Captain:don’t have
Hijacker:don’t have
Captain:fuel
Hijacker:duel
Captain:we don’t have fuel
Hijacker:take us to Australia
Underrated comment.
For those who didn't know,
None of the hijackers survived.
Too bad they had to take several innocent lives with them. Scum of the earth, I hope they (the terrorists) suffered greatly.
@@Yarkzaron If they didn't drown then they were probably tossed around during the crash
@@titan9259 Hopefully. The sheer carelessness they had for the lives of their fellow humans is despicable.
Yet the captain wrongfully identified the Kenyan passenger in this vid as one of the terrorists!
Well I am glad, without them all this would not have happened. Good thing they are gone now.. but its too late anyways ):
The stupidest thing I’ve ever heard is the fact that before 9/11 passengers were able to just easily waltz into the cockpit like nothing… the fact those doors are not locked tight is mind boggling to me
And it’s not like no one had ever heard of a hijacking before, or of a hijacking ending with innocent people dead. Pre-9/11 was not an innocent time, just an ignorant one, in some cases willfully so. More could have been done. “It was a different time” isn’t good enough.
Seen a few episodes of Mayday. It is very rare that a captain of a crashed plane is featured in an interview. Most of the captains unfortunately died in the crashes.
I'm glad we had him and not just a black box recording for once. Brave man.
This was so gripping! The captain deserves a medal!I wonder why I don’t recall this hijacking. These hijackers were certainly not the sharpest tools in the box!
The pilot was an absolute role model through this.
What moronic hijackers, even within their chosen profession they are pretty thick.
The captain thought nothing will happen like that in his life. But he's been hijacked twice before. He's the man for the game. Well done captain, I don't think you could've done anything else better.
That was an amazing story. The Pilot is a Hero. It's sad that so many people lost their lives, but then, so many survived because of the Pilot.
My friend's wife survived that crash. One day a couple years ago we were hanging out and a story about it popped up on TV. and he just casually drops that tidbit like it was a fender bender or something😂😂.
Wow😂
Wow! Lol
Despite how sad this crashes are, they are just too addictive. Thoughts and prayers with everyone involved. Logged in daily just to check if they hd uploaded another one.
Just so you know, episodes come out every Thursday :-)
@@ResonantGamingOneHive thnks
Every Thursday hun
Been checking. No new aircrash investigation
just read all about the photojournalist Mohamed Amin. Such a brave man, it saddens me that his life ended so abruptly
Mohamed Amin was one of the greatest journalist Africa gave to the world. I am from Ethiopia and I remember when he lost his arm. In 1991 when the rebel forces take over Addis, they burned a military depo with a munitions stored in it near our house. He was filming the incidence from his hotel top when he lost his arm. He loves Ethiopia and his final moments ended in Ethiopian property as if it is like a death wish.
His home was just opposite our school compound. It now houses some corporation. Sad what he went through.
@@cobwebtheorem7538 Is that in Nirobi or Addis?
Man! These pilots are real-life heroes!!
Captain Abate retired not too long ago on the Boeing 787. FO Yonnas is now a Captain, also on the Boeing 787.
Wonder's documentaries are well researched n the narrator is a great orator....its all about plane crashes but soo addictive,thumbs to the crew for such a bravery act
Kenyans here 🇰🇪🇰🇪
It is not Wonder's documentary, they have bought the licensing rights 😊
Would've been cool if Wonder was the producer of Mayday, then again if they were, then I will question why they are 18 season behind, since Aircraft Investigation is currently on Season 21/22. :3
Umeona uyo mkenya ali swim akakutana na passport yake kwa maji🙈🙆♀️. Kenyans never disappoints
Wuuehh, nimerealise wakenya wengi wanawatch hii program..haha
@@rosslynemaina4714 uyo ni motooo
Honestly, I can understand the passengers being hesitant to act in a pre-9/11 world.
However, it's really amazing that it took 9/11 for the airlines to strengthen cockpit security!
Correct. Specially since there have been more hijackings before.
I literally have been scouring for episodes, can't get enough.
Have you ever figuratively scoured?
36:22 The deadliest mistake of them...and it probably seemed to simple to the passengers. Inflating the jackets inside the plane. I hope I never have to encounter this situation, but at least I know never to do this.
this applies to cruise ships too
Honestly, I'd never really thought about it. That's one reason this series is a good service!
The captain actor is one handsome man.
The Captain is a hero/brave man, made good decisions and saved many lives. The world needs more pilots with high skills and good judgement/decision making like him.
The hijackers needed a hot slap each to bring them to reality. Hats off to the captains and the quick action of the rescuers.
I want the ethiopian pilot as MY pilot for ANY flight. I SALUTE him! He is a godsend!
Thank you for this video. It was chilling but also inspiring. Amazing how some people are doing a job which they seem to be born to perform. The pilot and Co-pilot are two examples of masters of their learning, abilities and skills. They never lost sight of their inherent need, to save as many passengers as possible. RIP
The pilot did an amazing job, as for the passengers, if they didn’t want to help that’s fine, but for those inflating their vests before the water land, that was the end of it 😖
This series is always so well done. Narration is on point as well!
100%
Because it's a professional tv show.
@@nate2611 I know lol but it's quite old and just always done right. There's lots of documentaries etc that don't do well at all.
The Captain did all he could to safe the plane, and the people onboard.
R.I.P. to those who died.
I rember CAPITAN Abate growing up he is amazing pilot and neighbor even after this incident he never change he was our hero in our neighborhood so proud of him
Breaks my heart seeing those children. Much respect to the Captain for saving so many with his skills.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure that baby actually was one of the survivors.
@@themoon7435 Unfortunately, that child was listed as one of the dead passengers.
Thank you so much for sharing this documentary. I had seen a very similar documentary like this one about that particular flight. Water landings are for sure deadly. The effort of the pilot is extraordinary. He is an old school ET airlines pilot pass through rigorous training and evaluation.
You know, reading the safety brochures, the "water ditch" section always made me think that they were safe. I mean, water softens the fall right? How wrong I was. Hats off to the captain!
All things are relative. At the speeds you hit at, and with the G-forces involved, the differences between water and concrete are... largely academic....
The water landing procedure is really there for hope more than anything else.
If they can lower the flaps and have full hydraulic control, it's more feasible to ditch safely, like with the Hudson landing, but in this case they were going too damn fast. The captain deserves a lot of credit.
Oh wow! I really though there might be a whole lot more survivors but that's still amazing, absolutely amazing and I'm so glad that pilot lived he is on syncable and uncrackable
There would be more if they had not inflated their life jackets after the Captain told them after the crash. Unfortunately they drowned
When I first saw the crash I thought no one would survive
@@sexbot1996If you showed me the video of the crash without any context, I would assume everyone died instantly. The human body and will to survive are incredible.
50:10 Wow...they both still flew for the same airlines afterward. Just stunning, incredible men.
I've been waiting for this thank you! Good video and actors
Ok after the FIRST hijacking, I would have been sneaking in some sort of weapon! lol. I can’t imagine 3 times! And by the way, those hijackers here we’re absolute morons and cowards.
Firing a gun in a plane is more dangerous than the hijackers.
A salute to the pilot, he really handled everything. If the passengers were to help out earlier, more ppl will be saved.
Ok, so the hijackers were smart enough to speak three languages but not to understand that the plane only carries the amount of fuel it needs
@@beatrisjosephine897 indeed :)
my mother knows 5 languages
They can't understand or speak facts
Lots of Africans are multilingual. But yeah, I can't believe they had no concept of limited fuel
Speaking different languages is “smart”.
Only in America 😂
the ability to speak does not make you intelligent
My dad’s friend was on board this aircraft in buisness class. Thankfully he survived.
Hello, am Ethiopian and ethiopian airline is my first choice...even if I know about the plain crushed but never knew the real story...am so sad for ethiopian hijackers but proud of the pilot. .. .thanks so so much for the post
It is "plane" my friend :)
Plane not plain
Amazing work of the captain, my huge respect to you sir!
Your a legend for posting them all!!
I love that captain.. He is someone to admire.
The moral of the story:
1. Always read the safety instructions.
2. If the captain figured it will end bad and asks you to take action - you do it.
what if the captain started drinking with the hijackers, would this impair his judgement?
My comment referred to the actual chain of events in this particular case. Especially given the fact that he’d early on realized that this is going to end bad…
yeah there was no bomb ofc if passangers attacked they could have saved all people
Salute to the Captain for his great initiative...smart guy!!! He survived 3 hijacks.
the pilot is so super great and his braveness! Hats off! Worst situation you can imagine as a pilot i assume, and he dealt three times with that stuff, unbelievable
Hats off again to Capt Abate and Macuria. I'd be proud to fly with them.
8:47 Almost certainly the craziest thing I've ever heard on this series. Dude was on his THIRD hijacking. Unbelievable!
All the time, work and effort you guys put in every video is greatly appreciated. Thank you Wonder.
I'm very pleased to have heard my Capital City Nairobi. I personally love the voice of the narrator - one of the many reasons I tune in to #Wonder every Thursday. God bless
Ohh sorry to hear u live there 😭
@@sarahvand3628 why do you feel sorry for me?🤔
@@tonys157 don't worry there's always stip idiots commenting
Can I just say what we all were thinking? These hijackers were really not prepared for this “mission”. They could have at least researched and thought this through and understood that you don’t need a full tank on a plane all the time. Kinda stupid of them if you ask me; but kudos to the pilot for being aware and cautious during this entire situation.
I mean, they didn't think to at least watch the fuel gauge to see if it was dropping at a rate proportional to what the pilot claimed, to verify the truth?? They clearly didn't want a better life - or, really, life - THAT badly. Smh.
How could they research? This was back in the 90s, no internet to access lul
@@user-fx9ku7oh8w I mean it's not a complicated concept to grasp. Why would I take 10 hours of fuel for a 3 hour flight?
@@deprofundis3293 That was my thought as well. In a pre-internet age in one of the poorest countries on the planet I can understand the ignorance, but when you start seeing fuel obviously drop far too quickly you would think they would eventually come up with a plan that wasn't ditching in the ocean.
Love when this channel posts!
ABSOLUT. LEGEND. Thank you Captain Abate, your heroism has no limit. Extremely saddened 2/3 of the souls on board perished so close to safety
One week into my mayday addiction, catching a new upload for the first time
Wow! This was a great one. The pilots are heroes.
This one of the craziest if not the craziest plane crashes caught on tape. Sad that so many perished.
Thursdays are for WONDER loves.
As I wonder along and as always my hearts is always left broken. RIP to those wonderful souls who could not fight to their last breath because of FEAR and lack of knowledge on what was happening in the cockpit.
I’m always relieved when passengers/crew members are interviewed.
MaydDay is the best series of Aviation disasters. I mean, I think so..
Finally there's a full deco of this flight, the only one I've ever seen was the real video of few seconds of the plane crashing
I really want to thank
Wonder for sharing the heroic story of Ethiopian pilots. The graphics and images used in the documentary take you back to the actual time and it felt like we were watching it in real time. The courage of the captain is amazing. I just wish all passengers took the captain's orders not to inflate their life jackets before the impact; many more souls would have been saved. May God rest the souls of passengers who died in heaven.
I think I watched this documentary already but imma watch again cuz i love watching these type of content
More than 500 views in 8mins,like we all just waiting fr our Thursday dinner every week😀😀😂😂😂😂at restaurant wonder,this has to be the most loyal subscribers ever
Waiting the dinner....While drinking a good wine from the cellar.
Lol I am on after dinner cookies xD
@@sarahvand3628 haha
Really breaks my heart, but cheers to pilot
Happy this episode is back for free use been a long time since I first viewed it
Amazing how people survived
Also I love how they TRUST the inflight magazine
It’s a magazine not a experienced pilot who knows about the plane
Ikr
I hope they didn't read SkyMall
God bless this captain, he had someone up above watching over him throughout his life
Thanks to the pilots! 🙏🏽
These hijackers have the worst case of denial. It’s sad that no one helped the cameraman.
I watched 3 of these and it’s now midnight I may or may not be addicted
I have been waiting for this particular episode for a while now
I saw it 15 years ago.
@@nate2611 good for you
The woman who filmed the crash at first thought that it was a stunt performance so she decided to record it, not realizing that it'll crash
Who in their right mind would think a passenger jet would casually perform stunts near a beach full of tourists!? Eh, the world is strange.
@@ShaOryDow who knows
She actually thought it was an air show for tourists
its really satisfying to see pilots and passengers in interviews , it means they survived
amazing heroic and tragic story, fantasitc pilot! no ptsd for this pilot he's a rock!!
It's miraculous that anyone survived a ditching. Amazing flying.
Those 3 men were so evil.
It's one thing for them to hijack a cargo aircraft and when they realize that they won't make it to their intended destination and will crash, they decide to die and not care about the lives of the 2 or 3 pilots, but for them to not care about the lives of 172 other people is even beyond evil.
Praise to the heroic efforts of Captain Leul Abate and First Officer Yonas Mekuria and RIP to the 122 innocent people that died on this flight.
I would use "idiots" or seriously illiterate
Well how will they get on without people knowing
they didn't have any stuff they only used stuff on the plane besides the ski mask and jackets
Exactly. It's sick.
They were fools, as many criminals tend to be. They knew full well the intended destination of the flight, and it would be immediately clear based on the route that the plane did not have nearly enough fuel to make that trip they desired. But they were morons so they never knew how to make that sort of connections in their head. A plane is a plane, it must be able to fly anywhere, right?
Their ignorance and selfishness costed all those lives, including their own. They plotted for freedom, and received death.
i just broke into goosebumps at the sight of the actual crash
Let's gooo! I've been waiting all day.