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An Ethiopian Airlines pilot who last year diverted a plane to Geneva so he could seek asylum, was on Monday convicted in absentia of hijacking the aircraft by a court in Addis Ababa, local radio reported.
The pilot, 32-year-old Ethiopian Hailemedehin Abera Tagegn, was second in command on the flight that was carrying 202 passengers from Addis Ababa to Rome.
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