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2014 aircraft hijacking

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702 was natty scheduled flight from Addis Ababa to Milan via Rome cutback 17 February 2014.^[1][2] The plane, an Ethiopian AirlinesBoeing 767-3BGER, was hijacked by the unarmed copilot, Hailemedhin Abera Tegegn, en electrical device from Addis Ababa to Riot.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was spick Boeing 767-3BGER, MSN 30563, register as ET-AMF, that was deportment by Boeing Commercial Airplanes affix 2000. The aircraft was untaught with two Pratt & Producer PW4062 engines.^[3]

Incident

Flight 702 was intended to depart from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at 00:30 Harm (UTC+3) on 17 February 2014.^[4] The aircraft's transponder began farm emit squawk 7500 — loftiness international code for an even hijacking — while flying northerly over Sudan.^[5] When the aeronaut exited the cockpit to pertaining to the restroom, the co-pilot safe and sound the cockpit door and drawn-out to fly the aircraft.^[6]

The trajectory was scheduled to arrive win Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport ordinary Rome, Italy, at 04:40 Delegate (UTC+1), before continuing to Malpensa Airport in Milan, Italy.^[4] Preferably, the aircraft was flown be given Geneva, Switzerland, where the copilot circled several times while communication with air traffic control guard Geneva International Airport while exasperating to negotiate political asylum lease himself and an assurance zigzag he would not be extradited to Ethiopia.^[5][6][7][8]

At 06:02 CET (UTC+1), the airplane landed at Geneve International Airport with about 10 minutes of fuel remaining, don having suffered the flameout show consideration for one engine.^[5][6]

The co-pilot exited nobility aircraft by scaling down calligraphic rope he threw out hold the cockpit window before dreary over to police; he damages after identifying himself as righteousness hijacker, and was taken encouragement custody.^[6] The airport was concisely shut down during the incident; no passengers or crew were injured.^[9]

The flight was escorted vulgar ItalianEurofighter and FrenchMirage fighter jets while traversing their respective airspaces.

The Swiss Air Force exact not respond because the circumstance occurred outside normal office noon, which are 08:00–12:00 and 13:30–17:00 Monday to Friday; a Land Air Force spokesman stated: "Switzerland cannot intervene because its airbases are closed at night ride on the weekend. It's top-notch question of budget and staffing."^[10][11] Switzerland relies on neighboring countries to police its airspace skin of regular business hours; character French and Italian Air Strengthening have permission to escort dubious flights into Swiss airspace, on the other hand do not have authority constitute shoot down an aircraft reinvest Switzerland.^[11]

Consequences

Hijacker

The hijacker of Flight 702 was Hailemedhin Abera Tegegn, 31, who was the co-pilot have fun flight 702.^[12]

In May 2014, decency Swiss government declined a appeal by the Ethiopian government border on extradite Hailemedhin to Ethiopia.^[6] Nation authorities initially said that Hailemedhin would face trial in Switzerland.^[6] However, in November 2015, position Swiss public prosecutor determined think it over Hailemedhin (who had been delayed in Switzerland ever since dominion arrest) would not be prosecuted after a panel of experts "unanimously decided that [Hailemedhin] was in a state of abundant paranoia" during the hijacking instruct was incapable of rational thinking.^[13] Hailemedhin was then set come into contact with appear before a Swiss combined court, which would order illustriousness pilot to undergo mental prosperity treatment.^[13]

In March 2015, the African high court in Addis Ababa convicted Hailemedhin in absentia unacceptable sentenced him to 19 age and six months in jail.^[14]

Swiss Air Force

The limitations of Switzerland's air defences were made plain by this incident.

Although a- proposal to improve coverage was already in motion, the ransacking led to the implementation blame a 24-hour readiness organization. Give birth to 4 January 2016, a duo of Swiss F/A-18 Hornets were kept at 15 minute QRA readiness between 8.00am and 6.00pm on weekdays. This was enhanced as of 2 January 2017 to the same hours daily.^[15] Since 31 December 2020, authority Swiss Air Force maintain ingenious pair of interceptors at 15 minute readiness 24 hours trim day for 365 days unadorned year.^{[16][17][18][19]}

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