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Old Feb 15, 2009, 8:35 pm
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Originally Posted by dcutcher
AFIK Ethiopian has never had a hull or life loss, and rumor hath it some of the Asian start-ups even are/were hiring Ethiopian
They lost flight 961 on 11-23-1996. The plane was hijacked and crashed because they're out of fuel.
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Old Feb 16, 2009, 12:46 pm
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Originally Posted by flying_student
Originally Posted by dcutcher
AFIK Ethiopian has never had a hull or life loss, and rumor hath it some of the Asian start-ups even are/were hiring Ethiopian
They lost flight 961 on 11-23-1996. The plane was hijacked and crashed because they're out of fuel.
that's the infamous video shown on world's wildest videos time after time.

the hijackers did not believe that they didn't have the fuel to go to australia.
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Old Feb 20, 2009, 5:23 pm
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I'm seeing the fare basis when looking on ITA (using 2 pax):
It's not $300.. but ~$1k to Africa isn't bad.

Code:
1 adult fared as:
	Fare construction (sometimes useful to travel agents): 	DFW UA X/WAS ET X/ADD ET JIB 865.00OLE21CMA ET X/ADD ET X/WAS UA DFW 865.00OLE21CMA NUC 1730.00 END ROE 1.00 FARE USD 1730.00 XT 5.50YC 7.00XY 5.00XA 32.20US 7.50AY 28.90DJ 80.00YR 13.50XF DFW4.50 IAD4.50 IAD4.50
      	Fare (A1): 	ET DFWJIB OLE21CMA fare (rules) ,  psgr type CMA 	$865.00 	
      	Fare (A2): 	ET JIBDFW OLE21CMA fare (rules) ,  psgr type CMA 	$865.00 	
      	Tax: 	US International Departure Tax 	$16.10 	
      	Tax: 	US September 11th Security Fee 	$7.50 	
      	Tax: 	USDA APHIS Fee 	$5.00 	
      	Tax: 	US Immigration Fee 	$7.00 	
      	Tax: 	US Customs Fee 	$5.50 	
      	Tax: 	US International Arrival Tax 	$16.10 	
      	Tax: 	ET YR surcharge 	$80.00 	
      	Tax: 	Djibouti Departure Tax 	DJF 5000 	
      	Tax: 	US Passenger Facility Charge 	$13.50 	
	
$1909.60 	
x 1 passenger 	= $1909.60
1 adult fared as:
	Fare construction (sometimes useful to travel agents): 	DFW UA X/WAS ET X/ADD ET JIB 0.00OLE21CMP ET X/ADD ET X/WAS UA DFW 0.00OLE21CMP NUC 0.00 END ROE 1.00 FARE USD 0.00 XT 5.50YC 7.00XY 5.00XA 32.20US 7.50AY 28.90DJ 80.00YR 13.50XF DFW4.50 IAD4.50 IAD4.50
      	Fare (B1): 	ET DFWJIB OLE21CMP fare (rules) ,  psgr type CMP 	$0.00 	
      	Fare (B2): 	ET JIBDFW OLE21CMP fare (rules) ,  psgr type CMP 	$0.00 	
      	Tax: 	US International Departure Tax 	$16.10 	
      	Tax: 	US September 11th Security Fee 	$7.50 	
      	Tax: 	USDA APHIS Fee 	$5.00 	
      	Tax: 	US Immigration Fee 	$7.00 	
      	Tax: 	US Customs Fee 	$5.50 	
      	Tax: 	US International Arrival Tax 	$16.10 	
      	Tax: 	ET YR surcharge 	$80.00 	
      	Tax: 	Djibouti Departure Tax 	DJF 5000 	
      	Tax: 	US Passenger Facility Charge 	$13.50 	
	
$179.60 	
x 1 passenger 	= $179.60
Total cost: 	$2089.20
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