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    No Swiss fighter jets were scrambled Monday when an Ethiopian Airlines co-pilot hijacked his own plane and forced it to land in Geneva, because it happened outside business hours, the Swiss airforce said.
    埃塞俄比亞航空的一架客機周一早被本機副機長劫持并迫降至日內(nèi)瓦,而本該護航的瑞士空軍戰(zhàn)機卻未出現(xiàn)。瑞士軍方稱,那是因為正好在瑞士空軍的下班時間。
    瑞士空軍未護航被劫客機:我們下班了!(
    When the co-pilot on flight ET-702 from Addis Ababa to Rome locked himself in the cockpit while the pilot went to the bathroom and announced a hijacking, Italian and French fighter jets were scrambled to escort the plane through their respective airspaces.
    在從亞的斯亞貝巴飛往羅馬的航班ET-702上,當飛行員去洗手間時,副駕駛把自己反鎖在駕駛艙內(nèi)并宣布劫機。隨后意大利和法國的戰(zhàn)機緊急起飛,在各自的空域內(nèi)進行護航。
    But although the co-pilot-turned-hijacker quickly announced he wanted to land the plane in Switzerland, where he later said he aimed to seek asylum, Switzerland's fleet of F-18s and F-5 Tigers remained on the ground, Swiss airforce spokesman Laurent Savary told AFP.
    不過,盡管劫機的副駕駛很快就宣布飛機將在瑞士降落,但瑞士空軍發(fā)言人洛朗·薩瓦里告訴法新社記者,瑞士的F-18和F-5戰(zhàn)斗機組并未起飛護航。劫機的副駕駛之后在瑞士稱,此舉的目的是尋求庇護。
    This, he explained, was because the Swiss airforce is only available during office hours. These are reported to be from 8am until noon, then 1:30 to 5pm.
    瑞士空軍發(fā)言人洛朗·薩瓦里解釋稱,由于不在上班時間內(nèi),所以瑞士戰(zhàn)機未起飛護航。瑞士空軍的上班時間為早8點至正午,然后下午1點半至5點。
    "Switzerland cannot intervene because its airbases are closed at night and on the weekend," he said, adding: "It's a question of budget and staffing."
    “瑞士官方無法進行干涉,因為空軍基地在晚間及周末是關(guān)閉的,”洛朗·薩瓦里還表示:“這是預算和人員的問題。”
    Savary said Switzerland relies heavily on deals with its neighbours, especially France, to help police its airspace outside regular office hours.
    薩瓦里說,瑞士在很大程度上依賴于與鄰國特別是法國的貿(mào)易,以維護在瑞士空軍下班期間的領空治安。