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Passengers are evacuated from a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines Plane on the airport in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. A hijacked aircraft traveling from Addis Abeda, Ethiopia, to Rome, Italy,... (Associated Press) 
  
 GENEVA (AP) — An Ethiopian Airlines co-pilot locked his colleague out of the cockpit, hijacked a Rome-bound plane and landed Monday in Geneva, all in an attempt to seek asylum in Switzerland, officials said. 
  
 The Boeing 767-300 plane with 202 passengers and crew had taken off from the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa and landed in the Swiss city at about 6 a.m. (0500 GMT). Officials said no one on the flight was injured and the hijacker was taken into custody after surrendering to police. 
  
 It wasn't immediately clear why the co-pilot, an Ethiopian man born in 1983 whose name wasn't released, wanted asylum. However, Ethiopian Airlines is owned by Ethiopia's government, which has faced persistent criticism over its rights record and alleged intolerance of political dissent. 
  
 The plane first sent a distress message while flying over Sudan's airspace on its way to Rome, Ethiopia's communications minister said. 
  
 "From Sudan all the way to Switzerland, the co-pilot took control of the plane," said the minister, Redwan Hussein. He didn't elaborate but added that the pilot was Italian. 
  
 Passengers on the plane were unaware at the time that it had been hijacked, officials said. Even local authorities at first thought the Ethiopian plane just wanted to land in Geneva for an emergency refueling before realizing it was hijacked, Geneva police spokesman Eric Grandjean said. 
  
 Two Italian fighter jets were scrambled to accompany the plane, Geneva airport chief executive Robert Deillon told reporters. 
  
 The co-pilot took control of the plane when the pilot ventured outside the cockpit, Deillon said. 
  
 "The pilot went to the toilet and he (the co-pilot) locked himself in the cockpit," Deillon said. "(He) wanted asylum in Switzerland." 
  
 A few minutes after landing in Geneva, the co-pilot left the cockpit using a rope, then went to the police forces close to the aircraft and "announced that he was himself the hijacker," Grandjean said. 
  
 Police escorted the plane's passengers out one by one, their hands over their heads, from the taxied plane to waiting vehicles. Geneva airport was closed to other flights for about two hours after the hijacked plane landed. 
  
 Geneva prosecutor Olivier Jornot said the co-pilot will be charged with taking hostages, a crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison. The Swiss federal prosecutor's office will take over the investigation. 
  
 Jornot said the man's chances of winning asylum were slim. 
  
 "Technically there is no connection between asylum and the fact he committed a crime to come here," he said. "But I think his chances are not very high." 
  
 The leader of Ethiopia's opposition Blue party, Yilikal Getnet, said he believes the hijacker was trying to make a statement about the political situation in Ethiopia, where the party of the late strongman Meles Zenawi has dominated politics since the 1990s. 
  
 "I think he took the measure to convey a message that the ... government is not in line with the public and people are not impressed by what the government says," he said. 
  
 Human Rights Watch says Ethiopia's human rights record "has sharply deteriorated" over the years. The rights group says authorities severely restrict basic rights of freedom of expression, association and assembly and the government has been accused of targeting journalists, opposition members and minority Muslims. 
  
 There have been numerous hijackings by Ethiopians, mostly fleeing unrest in the East African nation or avoiding returning home — and some have involved the national carrier. 
  
 In 1994, Ethiopian Airlines suffered two hijackings at the hands of passengers who demanded to be flown to Europe, according to the Aviation Safety Network, which tracks aviation hijackings. 
  
 The following year, five armed men seized an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner and demanded the plane be flown to Greece and then Sweden. It was instead diverted to Al Obeid, 300 miles (480 kilometers) west of Khartoum, Sudan. 
  
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 Associated Press writers Frank Jordans and Geir Moulson in Berlin; Rodney Muhumuza in Kampala, Uganda; Elias Meseret in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; and Carley Petesch in Johannesburg contributed to this report. ||||| Story highlights The hijacker says he feels threatened in his country 
  
 He took control when the pilot was in the restroom 
  
 He escaped from the cockpit using a rope and surrendered 
  
 The passengers and crew were unharmed 
  
 A co-pilot on an Ethiopian Airlines flight bound for Rome hijacked the airliner early Monday morning and flew it to Geneva, Switzerland, looking for asylum. 
  
 The man, an Ethiopian in his early 30s, was arrested when the plane landed at Geneva International Airport, police said. The 202 passengers and crew aboard the Boeing 767-300 were not harmed. 
  
 It was a welcome outcome from the last time an Ethiopian Airlines was hijacked. 
  
 In 1996, 125 people died after a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines crashed in the Indian Ocean after running out of fuel. In that case, the hijackers were seeking asylum in Australia. 
  
 Taking control 
  
 In Monday's incident, Flight 702 had taken off from the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa and was headed to Rome, the airline said. 
  
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 The co-pilot took control of the plane when the pilot went to the restroom, said Swiss police spokesman Jean-Philippe Brandt. 
  
 The co-pilot, who was not named, closed the fortified door, police said. Instead of Rome, he then steered the plane toward Geneva. 
  
 At one point, as the plane hovered over Geneva's airspace several times, he asked the control tower: 
  
 "And you have to give us lastly permission on board for asylum." 
  
 "Yes I know," the tower responded. "Sorry, but we are still waiting for the response. We are trying our best to get you the response, sir." 
  
 The surrender 
  
 Eventually, the plane landed at Geneva International Airport. 
  
 "I will be coming out via the window," the co-pilot told the control tower. 
  
 He then escaped through the cockpit window using a rope, and surrendered to police, Brandt said. 
  
 He was unarmed, authorities said. 
  
 "His act has been motivated by the fact that he feels threatened in his county and wants to make an asylum claim in Switzerland," Swiss police spokesman Philippe Grangean said. 
  
 The passengers were not threatened or put in danger, police said. 
  
 Ethiopian Airlines, in a statement , would only say the plane was "forced to proceed" to the airport. 
  
 During the incident, Geneva International Airport was shut down. It reopened later Monday morning. 
  
 While rare, a pilot hijacking an airline is not unheard of. |||||
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An Ethiopian Airlines plane was hijacked early today by its own co-pilot, who was seeking asylum in Switzerland. The co-pilot locked himself in the cockpit when the pilot went to the toilet, and flew the Boeing 767-300—which had taken off from Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa and was headed to Rome—to Geneva, where it landed at about 6am local time. No one onboard was injured in the incident—in fact, none of the 202 passengers realized the plane had been hijacked, despite the fact that two Italian fighter jets were scrambled to accompany it, the AP reports. As the plane circled Geneva's airspace before eventually landing, the hijacker told the control tower, "You have to give us lastly permission on board for asylum," CNN reports. After landing, the co-pilot exited the cockpit through the window using a rope, announced to nearby police that he was the hijacker, and surrendered. It's not clear why the co-pilot, an Ethiopian man born in 1983, wanted asylum, but the AP notes that the Ethiopian government owns the airline and has been criticized over human rights issues. The hijacking likely didn't help his cause: A Geneva prosecutor says he'll be charged with taking hostages and could face up to 20 years in prison, and adds, "Technically there is no connection between asylum and the fact he committed a crime to come here. But I think his chances are not very high."