The Local France https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Hijacking: French cover for 'off duty' Swiss jets French fighter jets were forced to accompany the hijacked Ethiopian Airlines plane to Switzerland’s Geneva airport on Monday, because the Swiss airforce only operates during regular office hours, it has emerged. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140218/hijacking-french-jets-swiss-airforce Tue, 18 Feb 2014 09:42:00 +0100 hijacking-french-jets-swiss-airforce