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Difficult for those air traffic control towers get any sort of answer from a swiss politician. in the end he landed taxpayer craft. everybody on board was safe. he is now in custody. whether or not he's going to get asylum is something that's very much in question, carol. >> there was some sort of rope from the cockpit because there are rumors earlier he climbed down that rope on to the tarmac. >> reporter: very interesting question. you're absolutely right. he use ad rope to climb down to the tarmac. another piece of interaction between him and the tower don't make any sudden moves. i'm openi...

News this morning, an ethiopian airliner hijacked by the co-pilot with nearly 200 people aboard. rene marsh has the latest. >> reporter: police tell cnn while in flight the pilot left the cockpit to use the rest room. that's when the co-pilot locked the protected door and hijacked the plane early this morning. the hijacker in his 30s is from ethiopia. investigators said he hijacked the plane because he feels threatened in his country and wants asylum in switzerland. at one point they were just hovering and the hijacker asked if he would get permission for asylum. as if the situation wasn't dra...

Good morning. >> good morning. we now know that that copilot that you were talking about has just been arrested. police say he hijacked an ethiopian airline flight, then flew the plane to switzerland. he did it because he apparently wants asylum. that copilot, 30 years old, from ethiopia. the plane was headed to rome. authorities say that he waited until the pilot went to the bathroom and then that's when he locked the cockpit door, taking control of the plane and landing in geneva and len use -- then used a rope to escape from the cockpit window and ran toward the security officers and identi...

Was the plane's own copilot. heather childress has been following the story and has the latest. >> that copilot that you mentioned just arrested. police say that he hijacked an ethiopian airline flight and flew the plane to switzerland because he wants asylum. that copilot is in his 30s. he's also from ethiopia. he was supposed to land the plane in rome. authorities say that he waited until the pilot went to the bathroom and then he locked the cockpit door. he took control of the plane and then he landed it in geneva. he used a rope to escape through the cockpit window and ran toward security ...

>> thank you. let's get to a fox news alert. while you were sleeping a plane was hijacked and the hijacker apparently the copilot. >> heather joins us with breaking details. what is the latest? >> that copilot was just arrested. police say he hijacked an ethiopian airline flight and flew the plane to geneva because he wants asylum. that copilot is in his 30's. he's from ethiopia. he was supposed to land the plane in rome. authorities say he waited until the pilot went to the bathroom and he locked the cockpit door. he took control of the plane and landed it in geneva. he used a rope to escape ...