Hijacked! Flight ET 702

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ubergeeknz

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#140686 17-Feb-2014 18:17

http://www.airlinereporter.com/2014/02/breaking-ethiopian-airlines-flight-702-squawks-hijacking-reasons-unknown/

http://www.flightradar24.com/ETH702/2ba40ab

Was about to copy/paste some of the article but the site's down :/

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#989087 17-Feb-2014 18:19

This could be interesting ask pilot to fly to OZ but plane has enough fuel for 3 hours flight

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#989089 17-Feb-2014 18:21

It set down in Geneva. The hijackers apparently were asking for asylum before allowing the pilots to land the plane (it circled for a good while)

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#989095 17-Feb-2014 18:32

ubergeeknz: It set down in Geneva. The hijackers apparently were asking for asylum before allowing the pilots to land the plane (it circled for a good while)

It shows in the middle of a town??

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#989103 17-Feb-2014 18:45

TimA:
ubergeeknz: It set down in Geneva. The hijackers apparently were asking for asylum before allowing the pilots to land the plane (it circled for a good while)

It shows in the middle of a town??

Indeed, not sure what's up with that.
Either faulty GPS/telemetry data coming from the onboard ADS-B gear, or it's being altered for whatever reason before it gets to FR24.com.