• Engage

    Co-pilot Hijacks Ethiopian Airliner and Freedom

    The Wall Street Journal reported that on Monday, Feb. 17 the co-pilot of an Ethiopian Airways jet was arrested after forcing the Rome-bound aircraft to land in Geneva in a bid for asylum in Switzerland.     Once the plane landed, the man, 31year old Haile-Medhin Abera Tegegn shimmied down a rope from the cockpit window asking for political asylum before the Swiss authorities took him into custody.  Think of the resolve it took to make the choice of hijacking. Was this a desperate grasp for freedom and a chance to start over?  This hijacking raises many questions. What was this co-pilot thinking? Was his desire for freedom worth the…