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Ethiopian Airlines hijacking: Nightmare returns after 18 years
Updated On: 18 February, 2014 08:05 AM IST | | A Correspondent
<p>Yesterday, an Ethiopian Airlines flight was hijacked by the co-pilot and flown to Geneva Switzerland, instead of its original destination Rome. There were no injuries or fatalities on board the aircraft. In 1996 though passengers on a Ethiopian Airlines flight were not so fortunate. 125 of them perished in a hijacking on a flight that originated from Mumbai... read on for the rest of that story</p>

Yesterday, an Ethiopian Airlines flight scheduled to fly to Rome, was hijacked by the co-pilot who wanted political asylum. He took the aircraft to Geneva where he landed and was taken into police custody. No passenger was harmed or died in this hijacking.

Passengers exited the Ethiopian Airlines plane at Geneva, shaken but unhurt, holding their arms behind their heads. Pic/AFP

