February 17, 201412 yr I'll keep this brief, as this may have been posted already. Tonight/this morning (depending on your time zone), an Ethiopian Airlines 767 from ADD to FCO squawked 7500, and after a long time in a holding pattern diverted to Geneva, where it is now parked. I would advise you to listen in to LSGG Tower on liveatc.net for updates, or check Airliners.net for more info. The story is still in progress, and Geneva Airport and airspace have all been closed, slated for re-opening at 0700Z... -Derek Derek MacPherson At the risk of sounding cliche, I love planes.GTX 770 / i7-4790K / 16GB DDR3
February 17, 201412 yr Let's hope for a safe and speedy resolution for all involved Sent from my Mobile thing Will Reynolds Flight Sim Addict
February 18, 201412 yr Turns out the co-pilot was the hijacker. He locked the Captain out of the cockpit/ System: MSFS2024, ASUS Rog Stryx Z790-A, Intel i9-14900KF, Asus ROG Ryujin III 360 , Asus Hyperion Case,Rog Stryx 4090 OC, Samsung 970 EVO M.2 SSD, 1Tb Samsung 860 EVO SSD,64Gb G Skill Memory, Asus Aura 1200W Gold PSU,Win 11 ,LG C4 48" 4K OLED Screen., Airbus TCA Full Kit, Stream Deck XL. WinWing FCU, EFIS, MCDU
February 18, 201412 yr I can't believe this. It's very hard to become a pilot, and yet he drops his morals like a bag of ###### and just hijacks his own plane? He will never fly a plane again.
February 18, 201412 yr Moderator Even more stupid. If he really wanted "political asylum" he could have simply walked away while at the airport in Italy... Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
February 18, 201412 yr Even more stupid. If he really wanted "political asylum" he could have simply walked away while at the airport in Italy... True, there is the schengen
February 20, 201412 yr Even more stupid. If he really wanted "political asylum" he could have simply walked away while at the airport in Italy... And, if he really was determined to request asylum in Switzerland, he could have walked out of the airport and taken a train, or rented a car. They don't check passports at the borders.
February 20, 201412 yr On the other hand, he certainly had no intention of crashing the airplane, since he could have done that at any point after he locked the Captain out. We will need to see how this plays out, since there is more to it than meets the eye at the moment.
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