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February 17, 2014

Ethiopian Pilot Diverts Plane to Geneva in Bid to Seek Asylum 
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Police in Switzerland say the co-pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines flight
to Rome took control of the plane and landed it in Geneva earlier today
in a bid to seek asylum. The unarmed co-pilot reportedly locked himself
in the cockpit when the pilot went to use the bathroom. He could face
charges of hostage-taking that carry up to 20 years in prison.

 

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