Ethiopian Flight 702 (ADD-FCO) Hijacked by copilot -Diverted to GVA
Feb 18, 2014, 9:39 pm
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What a selfish man to endanger all those people's lives that he was paid to keep safe for his own self benefit. Many, many people in Ethiopia would love a chance at any kind of life and income, the vast majority have no chance in hell of even getting on a plane as a passenger never mind a career pilot. He had a lot of other options if he wanted out of his country for good, this was a terribly stupid and insensitive thing to do.
I'm sure when the movie version is made there will be more than enough drama, with Ben Affleck (brave passenger in seat 1A) and Scarlett Johansson (feisty Flight Attendant) ensuring that the entire country of Switzerland isn't destroyed by the crazed co-pilot crashing the plane with its precious cargo of nuclear weapons into Geneva's main business centre...
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Feb 18, 2014, 11:16 pm
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The risk here, was too high.
Feb 18, 2014, 11:26 pm
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Feb 18, 2014, 11:32 pm
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Ermmm,
Why not just fly to FCO as originally scheduled and not show up for your return (or onward segment?).
Before you know it, you're on a bus to Switzerland or trying to sneak across the border.
Pilot was either trying to make one strong statement, or had some mental issues.
Why not just fly to FCO as originally scheduled and not show up for your return (or onward segment?).
Before you know it, you're on a bus to Switzerland or trying to sneak across the border.
Pilot was either trying to make one strong statement, or had some mental issues.
Feb 18, 2014, 11:32 pm
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I have no idea what a navy seal is (dark blue companion animal?) or why it should be sitting in 2B and making flights more dangerous; the fact is that this particular hijacker knows how to fly and land the plane.
Feb 18, 2014, 11:44 pm
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Perhaps none of your friends, died on September 11th, or in what has happened afterward.
Feb 18, 2014, 11:48 pm
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Ermmm,
Why not just fly to FCO as originally scheduled and not show up for your return (or onward segment?).
Before you know it, you're on a bus to Switzerland or trying to sneak across the border.
Pilot was either trying to make one strong statement, or had some mental issues.
Why not just fly to FCO as originally scheduled and not show up for your return (or onward segment?).
Before you know it, you're on a bus to Switzerland or trying to sneak across the border.
Pilot was either trying to make one strong statement, or had some mental issues.
Feb 18, 2014, 11:51 pm
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Feb 18, 2014, 11:53 pm
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but surely, he had other opportunities, in other countries? If a bit less dramatic.
As a prosecutor, how do you view this? Reckless endangerment against a few hundred lives, hardly covers it, when a wrong move in the airspace, could lead to any variety of other consequences...
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Feb 18, 2014, 11:58 pm
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Feb 18, 2014, 11:59 pm
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Feb 19, 2014, 2:14 am
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Feb 19, 2014, 3:24 am
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He took a high risk of killing everyone aboard and himself. Perhaps he was considering that Italian prisons are not exactly known for their posh accomodations-- or high daily calories-- or light--
but surely, he had other opportunities, in other countries? If a bit less dramatic.
As a prosecutor, how do you view this? Reckless endangerment against a few hundred lives, hardly covers it, when a wrong move in the airspace, could lead to any variety of other consequences...
but surely, he had other opportunities, in other countries? If a bit less dramatic.
As a prosecutor, how do you view this? Reckless endangerment against a few hundred lives, hardly covers it, when a wrong move in the airspace, could lead to any variety of other consequences...
That does not mean, however, that he didn't do it because he calculated a prison term in switzerland was better than whatever he feared at home, or he thought that was a better place for asking for asylum, as joejones and MtlChris have explained.
Feb 19, 2014, 7:42 am
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But I wouldn't expect to find one on this flight, except in an unofficial capacity and unarmed.
No idea whether Ethiopia or Italy would have some type of air marshall on this kind of flight. However, the copilot probably *would* know if armed police or military were in the cabin somewhere.
Feb 19, 2014, 8:34 am
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Ermmm,
Why not just fly to FCO as originally scheduled and not show up for your return (or onward segment?).
Before you know it, you're on a bus to Switzerland or trying to sneak across the border.
Pilot was either trying to make one strong statement, or had some mental issues.
Why not just fly to FCO as originally scheduled and not show up for your return (or onward segment?).
Before you know it, you're on a bus to Switzerland or trying to sneak across the border.
Pilot was either trying to make one strong statement, or had some mental issues.