Swiss Air Force unable to intercept Ethiopian airliner because air bases were closed

[Manticore]

When the copilot of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET-702 hijacked the aircraft to Switzerland, the Swiss Air Force did not scramble any fighters to intercept as the hijack happened outside working hours.
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Swiss fighter pilots don’t begin work until 8a.am. and thus the airliner was first escorted by Italian Eurofighters and later French Mirage 2000 fighters whom escorted the airliner to Geneva.

 

[Hyperion]

Read this couple days back..... funny people, them Swiss!

 

[waz]

Lol@"outside working hours". The Swiss sure take things in their stride.

 

[xenon54 out]

Old news but funny, switzer dont really care about military, there is a debate about purchasing the Gripen for years.