Ethiopian B763 hijack.

[Jayden Laing]

Ethiopian Airlines B763 was hijacked this morning about 9am. The aircraft, ET-AMF was operating ET702 from Addis Ababa to Rome. It overflew Rome at 36,000ft but was shortly intercepted by Swiss Fighter jets & escorted to Geneva where it made a safe landing.

http://mobile.news.com.au/world/reports-romebound-ethiopian-airlines-flight-hijacked/story-fndir2ev-1226829564322

[Greg Hyde]

This went better that the previous Ethiopian Airlines B767 hijack that ditched off Grande Comore with the loss of 125 on 17/09/1987.

[Jaryd stock]

It was in November 1996, flight Ethiopian 961. This incident today could've nearly ended up the same.

[Greg McDonald]

The co-pilot dun it!

[Kurt A]

Hi there,

My name is Megan Levy and I'm a journalist from the Sydney Morning Herald.
We covered the story yesterday about an Ethiopian Airlines plane that was hi-jacked and landed in Geneva yesterday.
One aspect of this story in particular interested me - the number of people who were tracking the flight on live radar sites, and often tweeting about what they were watching.
I'm hoping to speak to someone here in Australia who tracks flights online like this as a hobby. Is there anyone involved in your group who would be willing to have a quick chat on the phone about this?
I'm on (02) 9282 3267, or on this email address.
Many thanks!
--
Megan Levy
The Sydney Morning Herald
mlevy@fairfaxmedia.com.au (Megan.Johnston@fairfaxmedia.com.au)
+61 2 9282 3267


If anyone is interested, please contact Megan directly. Thank you.


Updated - Article posted: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/all-in-plane-sight-how-the-hijacking-of-ethiopian-airlines-flight-et702-played-out-online-for-the-world-to-see-20140218-32xrk.html

[Greg Hyde]

My Apologies, the date was wrong.

At least they have learnt that a B767 can't make it to Australia.