Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702
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Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702 was a scheduled flight from Addis Ababa to Milan via Rome on 17 February 2014.[1][2] The aircraft, an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-300ER, was hijacked by the unarmed co-pilot, Hailemedhin Abera Tegegn, en route from Addis Ababa to Rome, and landed at Geneva. All 202 passengers and crew were unharmed. Hailemedhin[note 1] was arrested by the Swiss authorities and convicted in absentia by an Ethiopian court.
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Hijacking | |
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Date | 17 February 2014 (2014-02-17) |
Summary | Hijacked by co-pilot |
Site | Hijacked over Sudan, forced to land at Geneva |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 767-3BGER |
Operator | Ethiopian Airlines |
IATA flight No. | ET702 |
ICAO flight No. | ETH702 |
Call sign | ETHIOPIAN 702 |
Registration | ET-AMF |
Flight origin | Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, Ethiopia |
Stopover | Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, Italy |
Destination | Malpensa Airport, Italy |
Occupants | 202 |
Passengers | 193 |
Crew | 9 (including the hijacker) |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries | 0 |
Survivors | All |
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