Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702

Model type of the EA with the registration ET- AMF

The Ethiopian Airlines flight ET702 was a flight of Ethiopian Airlines with the registration ET- AMF with a Boeing 767-300, which on 17 February 2014, the threat of violence on the flight from Addis Ababa to Rome from co-pilot Hailemedhin Abera Tegegn was kidnapped. The plane flew draufhin on goal past Rome to Geneva. No persons were injured and the aircraft remained undamaged after the co-pilot had apparently taken control of the aircraft by he had locked himself in the cockpit when the pilot had gone to the toilet. The co-pilot even informed the authorities about the kidnapping of the aircraft. He threatened to crash the plane if the pilot should not stop to break the door of the cockpit. His goal was to seek political asylum in Switzerland. The co-pilot could be after landing without resistance arrest after he had climbed out of the cockpit window. The aircraft had been accompanied to the departure from the flight plan of two Euro fighters of the Aeronautica Militare. The brother of the kidnapper stated in an interview that his brother was neither politically persecuted nor poor, but suffer from paranoia.

The hijacked plane was escorted in accordance with international conventions of French and Italian warplanes. Swiss airspace was not flown over to the final approach. From national and international media, it was noted that the Jetbetrieb the Air Force is ready for use only during office hours on weekdays from 8 clock bis 12 clock and from 13 clock 30 bis 17 clock, which triggered a renewed debate over the airspace security of the country in Switzerland.