Co-pilot hijacks plane and seeks asylum in Switzerland!

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16 күн бұрын

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702 was a scheduled flight from Addis Ababa to Milan via Rome on 17 February 2014.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 was arrested by the Swiss authorities and convicted in absentia by an Ethiopian court.
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@8bitbunny 14 күн бұрын

Just tell him what he wants to hear. It's not like the word of ATC is binding for asylums. Just lie.

@equallyeasilyfuqyou 14 күн бұрын

I’m pretty sure they did

@JohnChuprun 14 күн бұрын

Agreed. It's not like he has a plan for anything else, and if he does, it's definitely not a good plan for the passengers on board.

@ej2953 14 күн бұрын

Not only that, they could probably put him in prison for years for hijacking.

@OH-te6wr 14 күн бұрын

Head of Airport Security should have been in the ATC room for this. For passenger safety, he should have given the go-ahead to make the Co-Pilot hear what he wants to hear. Sir, we have your asylum application ready, the Immigration Minister will be on ground to receive you

@bluemoon5662 14 күн бұрын

@@OH-te6wr Absolutely ... and ... we have arranged a chauffeur driven vehicle to be at your disposal, plus we have reserved a suite for you in one of our finest five star hotels, all meals and wine included, with complimentary sauna and massage, plus we have arranged a new plane to take your passengers on to their destination. Look forward to seeing you soon. 🤣

@JohanBosClips 13 күн бұрын

I think ATC did a good job, by staying calm and step by step talking the passengers to safety.

@GWNorth-db8vn 15 күн бұрын

I bet the passengers would have liked a word with him if he hadn't gone out the window.

@Flight_Follower 15 күн бұрын

Hey it’s a free trip to Switzerland 🙃

@rlic9206 14 күн бұрын

Once the engine flamed out, you knew he didn't have much air time left.

@somethingsomething404 4 күн бұрын

You believe him? It was a negotiation tactic I bet

@toadamine 14 күн бұрын

just say "great news, they said yes, some nice police officers will be there to escort you to the asylum office" you dont have to tell criminals the truth when apprehending them....

@Flight_Follower 14 күн бұрын

Yeah right 😄

@UdayKiran-hh2nm 14 күн бұрын

looks like the controller is a professional hostage negotiator

@marcston 14 күн бұрын

yeah he is REALLY good, duh everyone is sleeping, He stayed cool in this unexpected situation.

@firefox3187 5 күн бұрын

Used to dealing with EasyJet

@johndawson7121 14 күн бұрын

Honestly i dont think a promise of asylum would matter as this was clearly a hostage situation….

@Flight_Follower 14 күн бұрын

Exactly

@user-mp9rd4hg8b 14 күн бұрын

...which he will have 20 years to think about 😊

@meak13 4 күн бұрын

@@user-mp9rd4hg8bif they find him

@paulsinclair3401 Күн бұрын

Last I heard he was granted citizenship and now flies for Swiss Air.... But then I heard that the UK government allowed him access to the UK and he's now Chief Pilot for British Airways....

@OH-te6wr 14 күн бұрын

The Swiss Prosecutor dropped all charges against him. It was determined he suffered from extreme paranoia in the final minutes of flight. He was sent for mental health evaluation. The Ethiopian Govt eagerly awaits any chance to a Kashoggi to him, or grab him to serve his 19 yr sentence

@Flight_Follower 14 күн бұрын

He got away with it apparently

@gustavgans8278 14 күн бұрын

@@Flight_Followerhe didn’t get “away with” anything. He was undergoing a severe mental breakdown.

@snowmonster42 13 күн бұрын

@@Flight_FollowerRight. If you've had somebody in custody for a year and they still look psychotic, it's because they are psychotic. And he may have gotten away with less than you think - once he clears it may turn out that his reasons for requesting asylum were totally delusional. Now he can't go home even if he wants to and he's lost his career. He may have been able to hide his mental illness from the Ethiopian version of the FAA (don't know anything about their system), but there is no way that he will ever be cleared for duty by the Swiss or any other first world country. We can't really know from the information we have, but this might actually be an incredibly sad story.

@snowmonster42 13 күн бұрын

@@gustavgans8278You're right. This has all the hallmarks of a 'first psychotic break.' Very sad.

@kewkabe 14 күн бұрын

Why wouldn't he just get a regular plane ticket, fly to Europe and ask for asylum? Why endanger all those people?

@GA-in4mw 14 күн бұрын

You will know why when you see his photo. ,

@cdhagen 14 күн бұрын

I don't think an Ethiopian citizen can easily get a visa for Europe. And without it, you can't fly. But he could have just flown to Italy, left the plane during turnaround and claim his asylum without endangering anyone.

@gustavgans8278 14 күн бұрын

@@GA-in4mwwhat exactly do I see on his photo?

@user-mp9rd4hg8b 14 күн бұрын

@@cdhagenConsidering the average IQ for Ethiopia is 63, the fact that he can fly a plane is a minor miracle.

@user-mp9rd4hg8b 14 күн бұрын

@@gustavgans8278that's obviously a rhetorical question

@TheRedRaven_ 14 күн бұрын

Notice how nobody ever seeks asylum in Ethiopia? 🤣🤣🤣

@cavsh00ter 14 күн бұрын

Right?

@Flight_Follower 14 күн бұрын

Right?

@realdjoffski7201 3 күн бұрын

Apart from some Jamaican people invited by Haile Selassie the descendant of King Salomon back in history, I believe... 🇵🇱🇯🇲

@jimrossi4787 14 күн бұрын

Tower: They are getting the asylum ready for you as we speak.

@Flight_Follower 14 күн бұрын

Yeah right so believable

@wintersplash2256 5 сағат бұрын

Why did they change the aircraft's callsign from ETH702 to KK001?

@nApucco 7 күн бұрын

As of 2024, the whereabouts of Hailemedhin are unknown. He is very likely still in Switzerland, since in Ethiopia he was sentenced to 20 years in prison in absentia back in 2015.

@IStMl 5 күн бұрын

I saw him waiting for the bus last week yeah

@IStMl 5 күн бұрын

(he's in a mental facility, his whereabouts are absolutely known)

@nApucco 4 күн бұрын

@@IStMl Source

@rjs1138 14 күн бұрын

"Not capable of rational thought"? He was rational enough to continue to fly an airliner full of people and to blackmail the Swiss authorities, he should be languishing in a jail somewhere for a very lengthy term!

@snowmonster42 13 күн бұрын

Well if he goes back to Ethiopia then he will. They sentenced him to 20 years without him even being there. As for whether he was capable of rational thought, I think there is general agreement in the comments that he could have made his asylum request in a much more effective way, so there was definitely something wrong with the way he was thinking. Delusions aren't always easy to diagnose. It's not that crazy people don't make plans, they just make crazy plans.

@hariranormal5584 5 күн бұрын

Because the swiss people are STILL lenient in this. I have a case of my friend's mom being stabbed by a dumb asian immigrant and he actually got help and compensated by the government, his own country can't even change their president's underwear but Idk why swiss people are like this.

@reminderIknows 5 күн бұрын

not me wondering how the airport looks like a sniper

@cloudpandarism2627 33 минут бұрын

booooom heddshooot!😂

@RaffaelW81 13 күн бұрын

On 9:09 it should say "Top Swiss"" (callsign for Easyjet Switzerland) instead of "stop six".

@lesmalan 6 күн бұрын

Literally the Swiss air force was closed when this incident occurred, and they can only do war stuff during office hours. Not a joke.

@andreaskavak2364 6 күн бұрын

Didnt France have to send up jets to intercept them?

@IStMl 5 күн бұрын

That's not the case anymore. This incident accelerated the plan to have 24/24 coverage.

@gillesblanchard1699 3 күн бұрын

Reading the comments I suspect they are from some North American counties! Frightful to see ignorance in action!

@GravyOverload 14 күн бұрын

to be fair its not the worst thing that he went to geneva, ethiopian do a fith freedrom route between manchester and geneva so its not like they haven't got people there to deal with the aircraft and passengers

@jacobcollins3954 21 сағат бұрын

No FA took the capt seat? Wtf.

@TechInspected 14 күн бұрын

Now I want to learn more about the co-pilot / hijacker and the conditions of why he wanted asylum and whatever kind of political stuff they were escaping. Mostly because the co-pilot was very respectful and professional to ATC, despite unfortunately holding a plane hostage but landed because clearly he's out of time and surrendered. It seems like a movie plot starring Liam Neeson or something.

@Flight_Follower 14 күн бұрын

Yeah right..the ending of the movie will be disappointing tho

@gustavgans8278 14 күн бұрын

He was not extradited to Ethiopia. A panel of experts “unanimously decided that [Hailemedhin] was in a state of complete paranoia” He was ordered to undergo mental health treatment.

@snowmonster42 13 күн бұрын

It still sounds like a movie, but not one with Liam Neeson. Maybe something more like Fight Club. Not a disappointment to me, but not everyone likes the same movies.

@Slithermotion 14 күн бұрын

Deport.

@d.b.cooper6112 14 күн бұрын

Lands a 767 paranoid and incapable of rational thinking.

@Flight_Follower 14 күн бұрын

Yeah ironic 😌

@dragon_ride_r7528 14 күн бұрын

That would have ended his aviation career.

@Flight_Follower 14 күн бұрын

You think? 😂

@gregmitchell4619 14 күн бұрын

So, he's like we are going to crash due to lack of fuel, unless asylum? How stupid, controller tell him yes we have contact with the authorities, they say land. Then put this guy in a rubber room. Jeopardize people.

@JoeBrown-hl6xt 13 күн бұрын

Does running out of fuel happen like this? One engine flames out and the other is still running for minutes?

@JohanBosClips 13 күн бұрын

Yes, that is not strange at all, because usually the left engine is fed from the left wing tank and the right engine from the right wing tank. There are pumps to rebalance fuel if necessary, but usually if you just keep flying, you will run out of fuel on one side first and then a short time later on the other side.

@MKwan82 9 күн бұрын

As a fellow aviator, I wish he has what he wanted and be granted asylum. Political “crime” in third world countries should not deny the rights the pursue freedom and happiness

@MahmoudMohammed-nu5pg Күн бұрын

as I'm living in egypt , I can confirm that being accused of criminal actions can be taken easy by the government , but facing some political accusations ( not even a sentence ) can destroy your whole life here

@MonkPetite 14 күн бұрын

Now here this. What a nonsense this Ethiopian is making. He does fly a plane this got a proper training and so a job. How did pay for that. Why would you escape this way as he could do that while walking out of the gate, now he got his time eating Swiss chees and bread

@JohanBosClips 13 күн бұрын

It was later determined that the man was in a state of mental illness, causing this behaviour.

@MonkPetite 13 күн бұрын

@@JohanBosClips you believe that? How did he become a pilot, how handled his medical. Stating demands and fly a jet like that like pro.. he is wiser than a nut case. Maybe asparagus but those are not really unstable.

@JohanBosClips 12 күн бұрын

@@MonkPetite No, probably not Asperger (I suppose that's what you mean by 'asparagus'?) As you said, those are not unstable. There are actually a lot of pilots in the autism spectrum, for flying it's rather an advantage than a handycap. Behaviour like what this pilot did is normally related to depression, not to autism. And this is a tricky one, mainly because of the tension between the laws that protect the privacy of the pilot and the public interest of not having a depressed pilot in the cockpit. Early detection is often hindered by such privacy laws, for which there is not yet a good solution unfortunately.

@MonkPetite 12 күн бұрын

@@JohanBosClips yes the asperge you can’t eat ! 🥹 I think me spell checker mad it “asparagus..” what ever that is. I’m worked in aviation a long time. Im still involved in aviation training. As an inspector I never seen a guy with and form of autism nor Asperger. Actually in Europa we filter them out as not fit for flight. I hope the usa and other countries does the same.

@JohanBosClips 12 күн бұрын

@@MonkPetite I am a pilot in the Netherlands and I don't see how people with high functioning autism spectrum (like asperger and PDD-NOS combined with high IQ) would be filtered out. I even know flight instructors who are specialized in educating those people. It's not a thing that would leave you e.g. without a medical. Those people are often above average pilots, e.g. because they are very good in strictly following procedures. In an emergency they still follow the checklists, without being influenced significantly by emotions. Especially when I would be a passenger in a plane that encounters an emergency, I would hope that there is a pilot with autism in control. Not classic autisme of course, but something like asperger.

@miavec 14 күн бұрын

How long ago was this?

@The_Dudester 14 күн бұрын

2014

@cloudpandarism2627 34 минут бұрын

@@The_Dudester means he got another 10 years left to sit in prison for that stunt

@user-dd9tc4zz8j 14 күн бұрын

An over-riding for the Lockable cockpit door could placed in the custody of a random member of the cabin crew before a flight.

@adb012 14 күн бұрын

No, that's 2 dangerous. Each crew member (flight and cabin) should be given a personal override code but it would take say 3 personal codes to execute the override, and the override could still be denied from the inside of the cockpit with 2 pilot's personal codes.

@nicfab1 14 күн бұрын

@@adb012too convoluted and messy, systems like that don't survive everyday practice of people being lazy. They are cabin crew, not secret agents

@adb012 14 күн бұрын

@@nicfab1 ... Really? Having a PIN for each crew member is too messy?

@nicfab1 14 күн бұрын

@@adb012 yes. Because that means having all of them on constant training so they don't forget the pin and can judge when to use it. And then you run the risk of them just writing them down or borrowing their coworkers because the training is annoying. It's a massive overhead only to then let the pilots veto it anyway, and gives an attack vector to intrusion that wasn't there. Not to mention system failures

@adb012 14 күн бұрын

@@nicfab1 ... Ok, then I suppose you are also against both the current method and the method suggested by the OP.

@AndreA-ke2id 9 күн бұрын

The crazy idiot played with the lives of all the passengers. He should spend a long time in jail.

@lindaross783 15 күн бұрын

Its seems always to be the Ethiopians. Too many stories about them causing trouble.

@Flight_Follower 15 күн бұрын

Still they are the emirates of africa

@GWNorth-db8vn 14 күн бұрын

They have a lot of planes flying around in a poor area.

@robertjones8598 14 күн бұрын

Did he get to stay in Switzerland or did the Swiss extradite him to Ethiopia to face a 20 year prison sentence? If he was able to stay in Switzerland I would say the ploy worked.

@Flight_Follower 14 күн бұрын

The ploy actually worked…he got away with it

@gustavgans8278 14 күн бұрын

@@Flight_Follower sure because a lifelong medical treatment in closed clinics is really something one should envy him for 🙄

@robertjones8598 14 күн бұрын

@@gustavgans8278 better than living in a mud hut in Ethiopia.

@gustavgans8278 14 күн бұрын

@@robertjones8598 your ignorance must be bliss.

@robertjones8598 14 күн бұрын

@@gustavgans8278 well, truth is I’ve only been to Switzerland so can only imagine what Ethiopian prisons and mental facilities are like. The guy managed to fly the airliner and communicate effectively. This hijack approach got him a stay he wouldn’t have had he just taken a commercial flight and requested asylum. He could be crazy like a fox.

@RAVIOLIdS 5 күн бұрын

And ladies and gents looks like Boeing has learned nothing from the Germanwings inccident.... Airbus did and had to update every aircraft and EASA placed rules that airlines must comply with since the incident, yet boeing hasnt funny isnt it

@HadiAviationpk 14 күн бұрын

Day by Day, seeing new Advancements in these ATC talks!🙄😁🥵😎

@momsterzz 14 күн бұрын

This is 10 yrs old

@HadiAviationpk 14 күн бұрын

@@momsterzz yeah, but still bro. Starting from this to proposing your gf from the control tower to passing some comments to your ex on a flight from atc. There are advancements!

@BrotherTimothyClark 14 күн бұрын

Terrorism is exactly what this was. So sad.

@Flight_Follower 14 күн бұрын

Agreed

@chenwong1036 14 күн бұрын

It was the co-pilot talking all the time. Who was flying and what happened with the captain? Was he held hostage during the flight?

@10thmt87 14 күн бұрын

Captain got up to take a pee and then the C-Pilot locked the cockpit door.

@caspianmerlin6434 7 күн бұрын

What do you mean, who was flying? The first officer was flying, the same one on the radio.

@IStMl 5 күн бұрын

Is Ethiopia as bad as Eritrea?

@matthewjones5289 4 күн бұрын

One of the most frustating exchanges between a pilot and ATC ive ever heard. That controller should be fired. I cannot fathom why he wouldnt just lie to get that plane and passengers on the ground, espeically when he was down below 30 mins of fuel. Absolutely ridiculous.

@bsci01 4 күн бұрын

in some countries, not sure about swiss regulations, it is against regulations for ATC to lie about these types of things

@matthewjones5289 4 күн бұрын

@@bsci01 I'm pretty sure it's against regulations to let a 767 run out of fuel at the hands of a hijacker too.

@ZeCatable 3 күн бұрын

Maybe hostage negotiation techniques ; better result when leaving the FO in a dilemna and being both respectful and on equal footing (when the controller says he cannot decide himself and can only wait for a response). Seemingly good excuses (people are sleeping) are most efficient, the simplest they are. Imagine if he had said something more specific, leaving the door open for questionning and arguing, while the fuel was running out. The ATC controller was at his best, IMO.

@SA_.377 Күн бұрын

@@ZeCatableAgree.

@toadamine 14 күн бұрын

and convicted in ethiopia... hahahahahahahahahaha have fun in that prison system!!!!! hahahahahahahahaha

@Flight_Follower 14 күн бұрын

🙃