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Ethiopian Airlines’ Flight 702 Squawks “HiJacking”
Airline Reporter ^ | 2/16/14 | Airline Reporter Staff

Posted on 02/16/2014 8:33:36 PM PST by CondorFlight

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To: cynwoody

You suppose the pilot is a Muslim that doesn’t want to be a Muslim anymore....and this was the only way he could think of to escape?

Just a thought....


121 posted on 02/16/2014 11:47:43 PM PST by hoagy62 ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered..."-Thomas Paine. 1776)
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To: hoagy62
You suppose the pilot is a Muslim that doesn’t want to be a Muslim anymore....and this was the only way he could think of to escape?

Who knows?

The surprise comes from the report that the pilots were exiting via the cockpit windows, yet now we learn at least one of the pilots was in on the hijacking.

I mean, I was thinking, this validates hardening the cockpit — they can be induced to divert the flight, but they cannot be made to fly into skyscrapers. But then we learn the asylum requester was in the cockpit! WTF‽

122 posted on 02/16/2014 11:54:32 PM PST by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody

- All - All - highjackers should be shot in the head on the runway after any landings -

- That will stop the Hollywood PR that they are seeking and getting -

- Either that or feed them to hungry wild boars - “Hannibal” style


123 posted on 02/17/2014 12:01:59 AM PST by devolve (- a 3 year boy on TV news today : "Please Jesus make it warm!" -)
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To: CondorFlight; KC_Lion

Terror bombing at Israeli-Egyptian border kills 4 including 3 South Korea tourists and wounding more than a dozen more

Very sad


124 posted on 02/17/2014 12:03:14 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: lightman

If this was a flight with Ethiopian Christian passengers on it and it was hijacked, I figure they were fully aware of this lesson years, decades even, before 9/11. Another one of those nations that understood these kinds of threats when Americans were wholly sheltered from them.


125 posted on 02/17/2014 12:03:14 AM PST by freedom462
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To: ltc8k6

Flight Radar uses data from the flight transponders that are mandatory on all commercial aircraft and most private aircraft. Military aircraft may or may not squawk on these civil formats depending on their mission.

I’ve been using Flight Radar for a little over a year. It’s great and recommend it. I don’t intend this to be a commercial so will stop here. Drop by their website for more and probably better information if you’re interested.


126 posted on 02/17/2014 12:12:18 AM PST by Hootowl99
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To: cynwoody

There was the EgyptAir pilot who crashed his plane, intentionally, on Halloween of 1999, IIRC.


127 posted on 02/17/2014 12:49:13 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Hootowl99

Huge fan and longtime flightradar24 user here.

Also proud Airliners.net member.


128 posted on 02/17/2014 3:53:49 AM PST by ltc8k6
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To: ltc8k6

Morning local news reporting that the hijacker was the co-pilot.


129 posted on 02/17/2014 3:55:28 AM PST by ltc8k6
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To: Innovative

So the pilot hijacked his own plane?


130 posted on 02/17/2014 4:08:31 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012

Pretty stupid, isn’t it?

Co-pilot hijacks Ethiopian Airlines plane, flies to Geneva, seeks asylum

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/17/world/europe/ethiopian-airlines-hijacking/


131 posted on 02/17/2014 4:31:23 AM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: PghBaldy

Yes. He was the first to let us in on alahu akbar.


132 posted on 02/17/2014 6:11:25 AM PST by jersey117
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To: GeronL
Awful!

Truly Awful!

133 posted on 02/17/2014 6:19:11 AM PST by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks CondorFlight.

Authorities: Co-Pilot Took Control of Ethiopian Airlines Plane, Wanted Asylum
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304899704579388082595012094.html


134 posted on 02/17/2014 6:46:57 AM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: a fool in paradise
It was the news of the other plane hijackings (and terrorist strikes with them) that saved another piece of Washington real estate on 9-11. Telling us “it’s for our own good” doesn’t work.

Yes.

The only thing that kept the Capitol building and a goodly portion of congress critters from being crispy critters was the use of in-flight telephones.

As a reward for saving their miserable lives, congress promptly banned the use of in-flight telephones.

It was at this point I knew we were doomed...

135 posted on 02/17/2014 7:13:08 AM PST by null and void (<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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To: null and void

Suppressing the news of plane hijackings (but not the terrorist taking of a school or boat) does nothing but kick the can down the street. EVENTUALLY the news will get out to persons who are on planes or about to board them.


136 posted on 02/17/2014 7:14:54 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: PghBaldy
Is there anyone in DC fit to shine the shoes of the men and women who died that day?

Yes. I bet a modern Lot could find 50 such in the District of Columbia.

Just not in government...

137 posted on 02/17/2014 7:18:49 AM PST by null and void (<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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To: SunkenCiv
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702 made multiple loops over the airport before landing, according to Flightradar24.com, a website that tracks fights. Flightradar24

With a graphic from that site. Is that site traditionally cited following hijackings? Or did some journalist(s) read this thread to get the play by play and a map to more info?

There wasn't a scrap of detail to be found online last night.

138 posted on 02/17/2014 7:19:42 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: SunkenCiv
The high-altitude drama started when the chief pilot of the Boeing 767-300 left the airliner's cockpit to use the toilet, said Robert Deillon, chief executive of the Geneva airport. The hijacker then locked the cockpit door and took control of the aircraft, he said.

Is it possible for the pilot to trigger the hijacking beacon signal from outside the cockpit or did the co-pilot trigger it to alert other air traffic controllers know that he was taking the plane off course?

139 posted on 02/17/2014 7:22:04 AM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: hoagy62

Then he could fly on any scheduled flight to any country that would have him and ask for asylum after he landed. He’s a friggin’ pilot. Pilots fly places.

He could have landed in Rome as scheduled and asked the Italian authorities.

He could have taken Eurorail to Geneva as a tourist/pilot on break and asked the Swiss there.


140 posted on 02/17/2014 7:23:03 AM PST by null and void (<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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