# Ethiopian Airlines flight hijacked by co-pilot to Geneva

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethiopian-airlines-flight-hijacked-by-co-pilot-to-geneva/681564>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 17, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethiopian-airlines-flight-hijacked-by-co-pilot-to-geneva/681564 "2014-02-17T22:21:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethiopian-airlines-flight-hijacked-by-co-pilot-to-geneva/681564/21 "2014-02-19T00:19:19Z")

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> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#):
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> War? Before breakfast? Preposterous!

> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> War before lunch? Inconceivable!

Don’t forget, there the people when asked by Wilhelm II what they would do if attacked by twice their number in German soldiers, answered : "Will, I’ll guess we’ll each have to fire two rounds then ". So, for them, war should be short… and sweet.

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethiopian-airlines-flight-hijacked-by-co-pilot-to-geneva/681564/22 "2014-02-19T06:40:53Z")

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> [@zoid](#):
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> It’s Europe, they’re upset that they only get 3 months paid vacation a year, 5 years for maternity/paternity leave and have to wait till they’re 50 to retire with a pension and full benefits.\*

The retirement age would be 65+, actually. You thought you were overshooting it and got nowhere near.

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**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethiopian-airlines-flight-hijacked-by-co-pilot-to-geneva/681564/23 "2014-02-19T07:19:04Z")

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> [@enipla](#):
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> Hey, wait a minute. 1.5 hour lunch break?

Well, they \*are \*fighter pilots.

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethiopian-airlines-flight-hijacked-by-co-pilot-to-geneva/681564/24 "2014-02-19T15:31:48Z")

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> [@detop](#):
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> So, for them, war should be short… and sweet.

and between the hours of 8am-12pm or 1:30pm-5pm

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethiopian-airlines-flight-hijacked-by-co-pilot-to-geneva/681564/25 "2014-02-19T15:38:13Z")

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Apparently he circled Geneva several times before landing. Any idea what that was about?

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethiopian-airlines-flight-hijacked-by-co-pilot-to-geneva/681564/26 "2014-02-19T15:40:30Z")

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He wanted to make sure the airport crew wasn’t at lunch too.

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