ET-AMF, the aircraft involved in the incident, photographed in 2011
Hijacking
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
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.
^"Swiss confirm Ethiopian plane hijack". 17 February 2014. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
^Lynch, Dennis. "VIDEO: Inside The Plane That Was Hijacked By Its Own Co-Pilot". Business Insider. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
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