Unusual way to request asylum
(SRF 10vor10, swissinfo.ch)
This content was published on
1 minute
A 31-year-old co-pilot working for Ethiopian airlines shut his captain out of the cockpit and flew the plane to Geneva rather than the intended destination, Italy, in order to ask for asylum in Switzerland. The hijacker could face a stiff sentence.
Popular Stories

More
Switzerland turns train tracks into solar power plants

More
Swiss defence industry moving abroad to escape neutrality

More
Switzerland’s housing shortage: how bad is it?

More
Why the Swiss army is training for an emergency in Austria

You can find an overview of ongoing debates with our journalists here . Please join us!
If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.