Rome-flight hijacker 'was distraught over uncle's death'

The uncle of an Ethiopian pilot who hijacked a flight to Rome and took it to Geneva said that his nephew had been distraught over the loss of another uncle.

Alemu Asmamaw told the Associated Press that 31-year-old co-pilot Hailemedhin Abera was in emotional distress over the past month following the sudden death of an uncle. He did not say how Hailemedhin’s uncle died.