The co-pilot of a hijacked plane has been arrested in
Switzerland after taking control while the pilot went to the toilet. The suspect, an Ethiopian man born in 1983, locked himself in the cockpit
before landing the plane in Geneva.
After leaving the aircraft through a window using a rope, he then
surrendered to police asking for asylum in Switzerland.There were no injuries to the 202 passengers or crew.
Flight ET702 was on its way from Addis Ababa and was scheduled to arrive in Rome at 4.40am. Instead it landed in Switzerland at 6am local time.
Geneva airport chief executive Robert Deillon told reporters the suspect "wanted asylum in Switzerland" and "that's the motivation of the hijacking".
