#ET702 update: Geneva airspace ‘closed’, planes reportedly diverted; updates
http://twitter.com/#!/KatzOnEarth/status/435287901384212480
http://twitter.com/#!/UnitedFleetWebs/status/435286807270285312
As Twitchy told you earlier tonight, news broke on Twitter of a possible hijacked plane, #ET702, that landed in Geneva, Switzerland. Aviation journalists and social media users on Twitter say that air traffic controllers have announced the airport and/or airspace is “closed.” The reported move has left at least one other plane in a high-altitude/holding pattern above France.
http://twitter.com/#!/KatzOnEarth/status/435288760121438208
According to this screenshot, another flight originating from Abu Dhabi has been diverted.
http://twitter.com/#!/imagesbyrebekah/status/435290210817945600
Twitchy will continue to monitor and update.
Update: Here’s a statement from Ethiopian Airlines, which says Flight 702 was “forced to proceed” to Geneva.
http://twitter.com/#!/PeterPaulX/status/435290659696963585
Hmm. Ethiopian Airlines has apparently deleted its press release. But Twitter, and Twitchy, are forever.
http://twitter.com/#!/DanielDravotCFC/status/435292716180578304
http://twitter.com/#!/Bjbrunner/status/435293170038218752
And the press release is back online.
http://twitter.com/#!/thatjohn/status/435294793519087616
