flight with 202 people on board when the pilot went to the bathroom. the co pilot used a rope to exit from the cockpit window. it was quite the spectacle. the co pilot wanted asylum from ethiopia. we were startled by the repression. this is video we took. the government was so controlling and concerned about unrest that people there have to wait outside the airport to meet friends and family in the rain. why it matters so much to america please visit cnn.com/outfront. and a camera shy octopus. two divers met a giant pacific octopus. the octopus was a very curious octopus. after a few flashes the sea creature wrapped its eight long suckers around the camera and swam away. not sure what it was thinking. maybe it decided it didn t taste
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 opening up the cockpit window and climb down with a rope. he planned this. we have to note modern airline cockpits actually always have a rope in a compartment above one of the windows and that s a safety precaution because if one of these airliners has to make a hard landing or crash landing and the way out to the emergency exit is filled by fire or some other obstruction the pilots do have that rope as
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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 dramatic enough, when the plane finally landed, the hijacker used a rope to escape through a cockpit window before surrendering to police. we should tell you 202 passengers on board, police say
they say near lay dozen of the passengers were americans. the flight was heading from ethiopia s capitol to rome, and here s the basic flight plan. the pilot went to the bathroom, and the copilot seizees control. police and airport officials say that after he landed the jet, he used a rope to lower himself out of cockpit window. turned himself in, and requested asylum in switzerland. officials say the copilot isthopennan and that and that it s unclear why he wants asylum. swiss prosecutors say his chances of winning asylum are quite slim. trace gallagher is tracking this. a lot of passengers on there. what are they saying? well, the passengers are telling a very different story an the police. listen to the police in geneva. translator: during the entire operation, the situation informed the plane was calm. the 202 passengers and crew members were never threatened or