Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702

ET-AMF, the aircraft involved in the incident, photographed in 2011
Hijacking
Date	17 February 2014 (2014-02-17)
Summary	Hijacked by co-pilot
Site	Hijacked over Sudan, forced to land at Geneva
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 767-3BGER
Operator	Ethiopian Airlines
IATA flight No.	ET702
ICAO flight No.	ETH702
Call sign	ETHIOPIAN 702
Registration	ET-AMF
Flight origin	Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, Ethiopia
Stopover	Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, Italy
Destination	Malpensa Airport, Italy
Occupants	202
Passengers	193
Crew	9 (including the hijacker)
Fatalities	0
Injuries	0
Survivors	All

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702 was a scheduled flight from Addis Ababa to Milan via Rome on 17 February 2014.^[1][2] The aircraft, an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767-300ER, was hijacked by the unarmed co-pilot, Hailemedhin Abera Tegegn, en route from Addis Ababa to Rome, and landed at Geneva. All 202 passengers and crew were unharmed. Hailemedhin^{[note 1]} was arrested by the Swiss authorities and convicted in absentia by an Ethiopian court.

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