On November 23, 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, a Boeing 767, was hijacked by three men who demanded the aircraft be flown to Australia. The hijackers were unaware that the plane did not have enough fuel for the journey. Despite the pilot’s pleas to land for refueling, the hijackers forced the crew to continue flying. As fuel ran out, the pilot was left with no choice but to attempt an emergency water landing off the coast of the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean. The plane broke apart up