Source Swaziland newspaper Death of his uncle loaded hijackers He began to distance himself from his relatives: The hijackers had emotional problems after the death of an uncle. The 30-year-old Abera Hailemedhin Tegegn who had brought the machine on the way to Rome in his power, had been distraught because of the sudden death of another uncle, Alemu Asmamow told the news agency AP. I believe that the death of his uncle weighed heavily on him, he said. The name of the deceased uncle was Emiru Seyoum and he was teaching at the University of Addis Ababa. An entry there confirmed the death on 1 January. The uncle further reports Tegegn was the late Emiru Seyoum been very close. Previously he had always phoned before his international flights with the family. Since the death of his uncle he had not heard from him. He threatened to crash the machine In Geneva prosecutor Olivier Jornot announced charges of hostage-taking, is on the up to 20 years in prison. The federal prosecutor leading the criminal proceedings. It falls under the Aviation Act within its competence, says a spokeswoman. Officially, it was said, Tegegn have kidnapped the engine of Ethiopian Airlines with 200 people on board to Switzerland to apply for asylum. According to a passenger he threatened during the flight even trying to crash the machine. After landing in Switzerland, he was arrested. The police in Geneva said that the man had indicated, threatened in Ethiopia feel. None of the passengers or crew was injured. The machine of the type Boeing 767-300 was launched in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to a night flight. As the pilot went to the on-board toilet, his co-pilot in the cockpit and a closed controlled the machine to Geneva. (Num / sda)
Posted on: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 19:04:33 +0000
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