# NTSB DCA97WA011: Boeing 767, Comorso Islands, Ethiopia, November 23, 1996

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 23, 1996
- Place: Comorso Islands, Ethiopia
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 125 fatal, 44 serious, 2 minor, 4 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- NTSB case key (mKey): 43111
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA97WA011
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/43111/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA97WA011

## Aircraft

- Registration: ETAIZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Boeing 767
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Ethiopian Airlines, doing business as Ethiopian Airlines
- Departed: ADDIS ABABA, OF
- Destination: COROMOES ISLAND, OF
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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