瑞士空軍未護航被劫客機：我們下班了！

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週一早被本機副機長劫持並迫降至日內瓦，而本該護航的瑞士空軍戰機卻未出現。瑞士軍方稱，那是因爲正好在瑞士空軍的下班時間。

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並宣佈劫機。隨後意大利和法國的戰機緊急起飛，在各自的空域內進行護航。

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，儘管劫機的副駕駛很快就宣佈飛機將在瑞士降落，但瑞士空軍發言人洛朗·薩瓦里告訴法新社記者，瑞士的F-18和F-5戰鬥機組並未起飛護航。劫機的副駕駛之後在瑞士稱，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.
瑞士空軍發言人洛朗·薩瓦里解釋稱，由於不在上班時間內，所以瑞士戰機未起飛護航。瑞士空軍的上班時間爲早8點至正午，然後下午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，因爲空軍基地在晚間及週末是關閉的，”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於與鄰國特別是法國的貿易，以維護在瑞士空軍下班期間的領空治安。