Flight ET702 hijacked – live Twitter feed

Actually it sounds like today's hijackers were indeed that dumb, they just managed to be circling over an airport by the time they ran out of fuel. (Or perhaps that wasn't a surprise to them and they knew they'd be safe over Geneva?)

rdl3• 12 years ago

I still can't imagine anyone obeying hijackers anymore. If someone got up on a plane and said he had a bomb, I'd be running toward him to knock him down and incapacitate (ideally, by killing) before he'd even stopped with his announcement. I'm pretty sure on most US airlines I'd be blocked by a bunch of other passengers doing the same thing.

9/11 really screwed things for hijackers.

(EDIT: appears it was the co-pilot, and the reinforced door installed after 9/11 actually allowed him to keep the real pilot out! So at least it wasn't an EgyptAir 990 situation either...)

koala_advert• 12 years ago

Apparently the hijacker(s) wanted political asylum in Switzerland:

http://www.jaunted.com/story/2014/2/17/02325/1000/travel/BRE...

einhverfr• 12 years ago

Probably not the best way to get political asylum.

wila• 12 years ago

Hijacker has been arrested according to this:

http://jpupdates.com/2014/02/17/breaking-hijacked-ethiopian-...

NN88• 12 years ago

Its a hijacking: Live reddit thread with updates from /r/Aviation

http://np.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/1y46mi/possible_hij...

jessevdk• 12 years ago

I happened to be at the airport when it happened (still am). We got to hear that the airport closed due to "Operational problems". Plenty vague, but the internets prevails.

cyann• 12 years ago

Local newspaper with details [French]: http://www.tdg.ch/geneve/actu-genevoise/Un-pirate-de-l-air-d...

lelf• 12 years ago

Plot twist: it was co-pilot. Source: press conference

Edit: video here http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/romandie/story/Das-Flugzeug-wurd...

Can someone translate? (French). Edit’: scratch that. (There was a press conference recording (yes, in French))

jbrooksuk• 12 years ago

Best use of "plot twist" I've seen.

What a story!

jmathai2• 12 years ago

I don't speak French but... http://www.20min.ch/schweiz/romandie/story/Das-Flugzeug-wurd...

Edit: confused if this article was requested to be translated to or from French. Mobile browsing sucks. Here is English. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&n...

Myrmornis• 12 years ago

Nit, just for the record, the article is in German, not French. But of course the error is perfectly understandable if the posters above are from non-European-language speaking countries.

jmathai2• 12 years ago

@cnnbrk reported this an hour after it happened [1]. I turned CNN on the television and they were showing an Anthony Bourdain show. Google News showed only 5 results.

Meanwhile, Twitter was streaming with links to flight maps and other updates.

I realize news media might have to do more due diligence before reporting but from the face of it they seemed completely unaware.

[1] https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/435294208824328192

eots• 12 years ago

How is his hacker news?

Flight ET702 hijacked – live Twitter feed

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