The Ethiopian Federal High court 20th criminal bench passed a guilty verdict in one of the two charges against former Ethiopian Airline Co-Pilot Hailemedhin Abera.
Co-Pilot Hailemedhin Abera was found guilty of hijacking and forcing to land in Geneva an Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702, which had taken off from the capital Addis Abeba and was headed to Rome. The co-pilot hijacked the Boeing 767-300 early on Monday morning February 17th 2014 and flew it to Geneva, Switzerland, looking for asylum. He took control of the plane when the pilot went to the restroom.
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