- Photo c/o Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone/AP.
A hijacked jet has landed safely in Switzerland with no casualties and the culprit in custody.
Geneva airport CEO Robert Deillon told reporters Monday that the co-pilot — a 30 year old Ethiopian man locked himself in the cockpit of am Ethiopian Airlines flight after seizing control of the plane, which was heading to Rome from Addis Ababa.
The airline released this message:
“Ethiopian Airlines flight ET-702 of 17 February 2014 – Update 1 – 17 February, 2014
Ethiopian Airlines flight 702, on scheduled service departing from Addis Ababa on 17 February 2014 at 00:30 (local time) and scheduled to arrive in Rome at 04:40 (local time), was forced to proceed to Geneva Airport. Accordingly, the flight has landed safely at Geneva Airport and all passengers and crew are safe at Geneva Airport.
The cause of the diversion of the flight is under investigation. Ethiopian Airlines has made all the necessary arrangements to ensure that its esteemed passengers are being properly handled while in Geneva and can proceed to their intended destinations, to Rome and Milan, at the earliest.
Ethiopian Airlines wishes to apologize to its esteemed customers for the inconvenience caused by this diversion.”
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