Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702 was a scheduled flight from Addis Ababa to Milan via Rome on 17 February 2014. 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 was arrested by the Swiss authorities and convicted in absentia by an Ethiopian court.
ET-AMF, the aircraft involved in the incident, photographed in 2011 | |
| Hijacking | |
|---|---|
| Date | 17 February 2014 |
| 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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