"The pilot went to the toilet and he [the co-pilot] locked himself in the cockpit," Geneva airport chief executive Robert Deillon told reporters. Another said passengers were terrified "for hours" as the plane careened across the sky.The Boeing 767-300 took off from the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on an overnight flight to Milan and Rome, but an Ethiopian official said it sent a distress message over Sudan that it had been hijacked. As of 2 January 2017, this presence was guaranteed from 8 am to 6 pm daily.ET-AMF, the aircraft involved in the incident, photographed in 2011He is properly addressed as "Hailemedhin", even if some articles may use "Tagegn", as
He said Ethiopia will seek his extradition.
The co-pilot exited the aircraft by scaling down a rope he threw out of the cockpit window before walking over to police; he surrendered after identifying himself as the hijacker, and was taken into custody.The hijacker of Flight 702 was Hailemedhin Abera Tegegn, 31, who was the co-pilot of flight 702.In May 2014, the Swiss government declined a request by the Ethiopian government to As a consequence, a 24-hour readiness of armed fighter jets, in a mandatory motion already required before this case, was decided. Locking the pilot out of the cockpit, an Ethiopian Airlines co-pilot hijacked a plane bound for Italy on Monday and diverted it to Geneva, where he asked for asylum, officials said.One passenger said the hijacker threatened to crash the plane if the pilot didn't stop pounding on the locked door. The first step was taken on 4 January 2016: For 50 weeks, two armed F / A-18s were available on QRA15 on weekdays from 8am to 6pm. Ethiopian Airlines hijack: Co-pilot took control of plane. "His action represents a gross betrayal of trust that needlessly endangered the lives of the very passengers that a pilot is morally and professionally obliged to safeguard," Redwan said.Redwan said the plane was carrying 200 people, including seven crew members. BBC – The co-pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane flying from Addis Ababa to Rome has hijacked the aircraft and landed in Geneva, Swiss police say.
"It wasn't immediately clear why the co-pilot, a 31-year-old Ethiopian man, chose Switzerland, where voters recently demanded curbs on immigration. The plane ran out of fuel and crashed off the island nation of Comoros, killing 125 of the 175 people aboard.It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges.Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered onAn Italian passenger says the man who hijacked an Ethiopian Airlines jet threatened to crash it if the pilot kept trying to get back into the cockpit.Ethiopian Airlines hijacker threatened to crash plane, passenger saysAn Ethiopian Airlines co-pilot hijacked a plane bound for Italy and diverted it to Geneva, where he asked for asylumThe pilot was threatening to open the cockpit door and tried to knock it down without succeeding," said
Geneva police said the co-pilot claimed he felt threatened in Ethiopia.An Italian passenger on board, Francesco Cuomo, told the Italian news agency ANSA that some passengers woke up shortly after midnight when the plane started to "'bounce. The Swiss federal prosecutors' office said later Monday that it had taken over the case.Jornot said the hijacker's chances of winning asylum were slim. "But I think his chances are not very high. There were about 200 people on board the plane hijacked. Italy, however, has a reputation among many Africans as not being hospitable to asylum seekers.Ethiopian Airlines is owned by Ethiopia's government, which has faced persistent criticism over its rights record and its alleged intolerance of political dissent. A MAN who hijacked an Ethiopian Airlines jet threatened to crash it if the pilot kept trying to get back into the cockpit, a passenger said. "Both Italy and Switzerland, however, do not extradite those who may face the death penalty at home.The leader of Ethiopia's opposition Blue party, Yilikal Getnet, said he believed the hijacker was trying to make a statement about the political situation in Ethiopia, where the late strongman Meles Zenawi's party has dominated politics since the 1990s. Ethiopian Airlines hijack: Co-pilot took control of plane. On November 23, 1996, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was flying from Addis Ababa to Nairobi when the plane was hijacked by three Ethiopians. The rights group says authorities severely restrict basic rights of freedom of expression, association and assembly. The aircraft, an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-300ER, was hijacked by the unarmed co-pilot, Hailemedhin Abera Tegegn, en route from Addis Ababa to Rome, and landed at Geneva.All 202 passengers and crew were unharmed. Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702 was a scheduled flight from Addis Ababa to Milan via Rome on 17 February 2014.
They included 139 Italians, 11 Americans, 10 Ethiopians, five Nigerians and four French citizens.Swiss authorities at first thought the Ethiopian plane just wanted to land in Geneva for an emergency refuelling before realizing it was being hijacked, Geneva police spokesman Eric Grandjean said.A few minutes after landing in Geneva, the co-pilot left the cockpit using a rope, then went to police forces close to the aircraft and "announced that he was himself the hijacker," Grandjean said.Police escorted the plane's passengers out one by one, their hands over their heads, from the taxied plane to waiting vehicles. Carpelli was returning to his native Rome from a vacation in Kenya with his family.