ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320571
| Date: | Monday 17 February 2014 |
| Time: | 06:00 |
| Type: |  Boeing 767-3BGER |
| Owner/operator: | Ethiopian Airlines |
| Registration: | ET-AMF |
| MSN: | 30563/786 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PW4062 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 202 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA) -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Addis Ababa-Bole Airport (ADD/HAAB) |
| Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO/LIRF) | |
| Confidence Rating: |
Ethiopian Airlines flight ET-702 from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Rome, Italy, was hijacked during the flight by the co-pilot.
The co-pilot waited for the captain to go to the toilet so he could lock him self in the cockpit. The flight continued to Geneva, Switzerland were it landed about 06:00.
The co-pilot then climbed down from the cockpit window using the emergency escape rope and surrendered to police. He was unarmed and requested asylum in Switzerland as he feared persecution in Ethiopia.
Sources:
BBC
Images:
photo (c) Miklos SZABO; Brussel-Zaventem Airport (BRU/EBBR); 29 April 2011
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