Co-pilot hijacks Ethiopian plane, lands in Geneva
The co-pilot of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET-702 to Italy hijacked the aircraft and landed it in Geneva.
The hijacker, who requested asylum in Switzerland, was detained by local police. Nobody was injured in the incident.
The Boeing 767-300 flight from Addis Abba to Rome “was forced to proceed to Geneva Airport,” an Ethiopian Airlines press release said.
The plane landed at Geneva International Airport (GVA). All passengers and crew are currently safe the airline said.
It added it is “making immediate arrangements to fly its esteemed customers onboard the flight to their intended destinations.”
Airport police said the hijacker has been arrested and the situation is “under control.” No injuries have been reported in the incident.
At a media conference later on Monday Swiss officials said the hijacker was the co-pilot of the plane. He seized the chance to take control of the aircraft when the pilot went to bathroom and directed it past Italy to Switzerland.
After the landing the hijacker, who is in his early 30s, escaped the cockpit through a window using a rope and surrendered.
The co-pilot was unarmed and at no moment were the passengers or other crew members at risk, police spokesman Pierre Grangean stressed.
Earlier an alleged record of radio communication between the flight crew and GVA traffic control surfaced, in which the co-pilot requests asylum or assurance that he would not be expelled from Switzerland.
By: RT News
The Boeing 767-300 flight from Addis Abba to Rome “was forced to proceed to Geneva Airport,” an Ethiopian Airlines press release said.
The plane landed at Geneva International Airport (GVA). All passengers and crew are currently safe the airline said.
It added it is “making immediate arrangements to fly its esteemed customers onboard the flight to their intended destinations.”
Airport police said the hijacker has been arrested and the situation is “under control.” No injuries have been reported in the incident.
At a media conference later on Monday Swiss officials said the hijacker was the co-pilot of the plane. He seized the chance to take control of the aircraft when the pilot went to bathroom and directed it past Italy to Switzerland.
After the landing the hijacker, who is in his early 30s, escaped the cockpit through a window using a rope and surrendered.
The co-pilot was unarmed and at no moment were the passengers or other crew members at risk, police spokesman Pierre Grangean stressed.
Earlier an alleged record of radio communication between the flight crew and GVA traffic control surfaced, in which the co-pilot requests asylum or assurance that he would not be expelled from Switzerland.
By: RT News
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