Ethiopian Airlines co-pilot hijacks plane

A co-pilot on an Ethiopian airlines flight bound for Rome hijacked the airliner early this morning and flew it to Geneva looking for asylum. The man, an Ethiopian in his early 30s, was arrested when the plane landed at geneva international airport. Further reports state the co-pilot took control of the plane when the pilot had stepped out of the cock-pit to go to the toilet. According to police who confirmed that the situation was “under control”, the flight et 702 had been diverted from its original destination of Rome, with the airline earlier reporting the flight from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa had been “forced to proceed” to Geneva. The Boeing 767's bizarre flight pattern showed the plane making multiple circles around the airport in Geneva before finally landing. An Ethiopian airlines flight between Addis Ababa and Nairobi was hijacked in 1996 by three Ethiopians. The plane crash-landed in the Indian Ocean when it ran out of fuel, killing 125 people, as well as the hijacke

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