Mitsamiouli (population 6,100) is a town on the northwest coast of Grande Comore in the Comoros.
Mitsamiouli (population 6,100) is a town on the northwest coast of Grande Comore in the Comoros.
On 23 November 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 made a crash-landing in the shallow waters 500 meters (1,600 ft) offshore from Le Galawa Beach Hotel in Mitsamiouli. Of the 175 passengers, 125 died, despite rescue attempts by island residents and tourists. [1]
Mitsamiouli lies on the northwest coast of the island, along the main coast road RN-1 and RN-3. This coastal road connects it to Djomani and Ntsaouéni further to the south on the west coast and Ivoini on the northeast coast. The RR 122 road runs south from Mitsamiouli and leads to the village of Bangoi Mafsankoa further inland, which has its own mosque. [2] Lac Sale Crater – Lac Sale is an ancient volcano crater, near Mitsamihuli, filled with sea water.
Tourism is important in the area, particularly from European honeymooners. [3] Fishing is also practiced in Mitsamihuli. [4]
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Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was a scheduled flight serving the route Addis Ababa–Nairobi–Brazzaville–Lagos–Abidjan. On 23 November 1996, the aircraft serving the flight, a Boeing 767-200ER, was hijacked en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi by three Ethiopians seeking asylum in Australia. The plane crash-landed in the Indian Ocean near Grande Comore, Comoros Islands due to fuel exhaustion; 125 of the 175 passengers and crew on board, including the three hijackers, died. The crash was captured on video.
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Grande Comore is an island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa. It is the largest island in the Comoros nation. Most of its population is of the Comorian ethnic group. Its population as of 2006 is about 316,600. The island's capital is Moroni, which is also the national capital. The island is made up of two shield volcanoes, with Mount Karthala being the country's highest point at 2,361 m (7,746 ft) above sea level. According to the 2009 revision of the constitution of 2002, it is governed by an elected Governor, as are the other islands, with the federal government being much reduced in power. The name Ngazidja is sometimes seen in the now nonstandard form Njazidja.
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Chezani is a town on the island of Grande Comore in the Comoros. It is the chief town of the region of Mboinkou. On 1996, August, after a football match between Hantsindzi and Chezani, 4 persons from Hantsindzi were killed. These tragic events had led to the exclusion of Chezani population from all Ngazidja places and to the execution of Said Mohamed Fadhul (Robin), the leader of the massacre. Some years later, on April 21, 2001, 4 persons from Chezani were killed by an organized band from Hantsindzi as a revenge of the 96's events.
Itsinkoudi is a town located on the island of Grande Comore in the Comoros.
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Bahia Bakari is a French woman who was the sole survivor of Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310, which crashed into the Indian Ocean near the north coast of Grande Comore, Comoros on 30 June 2009, killing the 152 other people on board. Bakari, who could barely swim and had no life vest, clung to a piece of aircraft wreckage, floating in heavy seas for over nine hours, much of it in pitch darkness, before being rescued. Her mother, who had been traveling with her from Paris, France, for a summer vacation in Comoros, died in the crash.
La Grille is a volcano in the Comoros archipelago on the island of Grande Comore.
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Ivoini is a village on the island of Grande Comore (Ngazidja) in the Comoros. According to the 1991 census, the village had a population of 991.
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Coordinates: 11°23′S43°17′E / 11.383°S 43.283°E
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