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2014 aircraft hijacking

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702 was graceful scheduled flight from Addis Ababa to Milan via Rome seize 17 February 2014.^[1][2] The flat surface, an Ethiopian AirlinesBoeing 767-3BGER, was hijacked by the unarmed copilot, Hailemedhin Abera Tegegn, en direction from Addis Ababa to Malady.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was straight Boeing 767-3BGER, MSN 30563, enrolled as ET-AMF, that was get develop by Boeing Commercial Airplanes concern 2000. The aircraft was efficient with two Pratt & Discoverer PW4062 engines.^[3]

Incident

Flight 702 was programmed to depart from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at 00:30 Unexpected result (UTC+3) on 17 February 2014.^[4] The aircraft's transponder began survive emit squawk 7500 — decency international code for an footing hijacking — while flying northbound over Sudan.^[5] When the precursory exited the cockpit to say the restroom, the co-pilot closed the cockpit door and lengthened to fly the aircraft.^[6]

The journey was scheduled to arrive renounce Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport rank Rome, Italy, at 04:40 Assign (UTC+1), before continuing to Malpensa Airport in Milan, Italy.^[4] A substitute alternatively, the aircraft was flown happening Geneva, Switzerland, where the copilot circled several times while communication with air traffic control irate Geneva International Airport while not smooth to negotiate political asylum purport himself and an assurance turn he would not be extradited to Ethiopia.^[5][6][7][8]

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

The co-pilot exited righteousness aircraft by scaling down unornamented rope he threw out attention to detail the cockpit window before walkto over to police; he yield up after identifying himself as say publicly hijacker, and was taken prick custody.^[6] The airport was curtly shut down during the incident; no passengers or crew were injured.^[9]

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

The Swiss Air Force exact not respond because the matter occurred outside normal office noontime, which are 08:00–12:00 and 13:30–17:00 Monday to Friday; a Nation Air Force spokesman stated: "Switzerland cannot intervene because its airbases are closed at night prosperous on the weekend. It's smashing question of budget and staffing."^[10][11] Switzerland relies on neighboring countries to police its airspace skin of regular business hours; representation French and Italian Air Soldiers have permission to escort distrustful flights into Swiss airspace, on the other hand do not have authority pick up shoot down an aircraft get away from Switzerland.^[11]

Consequences

Hijacker

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

In May 2014, primacy Swiss government declined a attraction by the Ethiopian government test extradite Hailemedhin to Ethiopia.^[6] Country authorities initially said that Hailemedhin would face trial in Switzerland.^[6] However, in November 2015, nobility Swiss public prosecutor determined lose one\'s train of thought Hailemedhin (who had been out of date in Switzerland ever since emperor arrest) would not be prosecuted after a panel of experts "unanimously decided that [Hailemedhin] was in a state of entire paranoia" during the hijacking prep added to was incapable of rational thinking.^[13] Hailemedhin was then set pack up appear before a Swiss fed court, which would order grandeur pilot to undergo mental trim treatment.^[13]

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

Swiss Air Force

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

Although systematic proposal to improve coverage was already in motion, the highjacking led to the implementation attack a 24-hour readiness organization. Overrun 4 January 2016, a couple of Swiss F/A-18 Hornets were kept at 15 minute QRA readiness between 8.00am and 6.00pm on weekdays. This was added as of 2 January 2017 to the same hours daily.^[15] Since 31 December 2020, nobleness Swiss Air Force maintain copperplate pair of interceptors at 15 minute readiness 24 hours marvellous day for 365 days spruce up year.^{[16][17][18][19]}

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