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Dominic Raab tells airlines to avoid Belarus airspace after journalist arrested on Ryanair jet
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Dominic Raab tells airlines to avoid Belarus airspace after journalist arrested on Ryanair jet
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By ISABELLE KHURSHUDYAN AND MICHAEL BIRNBAUM | The Washington Post | Published: May 23, 2021 MOSCOW Belarusian authorities on Sunday forced a civilian jetliner that was traveling over the country to land in Minsk and arrested an opposition journalist on board - an act that some European leaders compared to a hijacking. The seizure of the Ryanair flight traveling between Athens and Vilnius, Lithuania - the capitals of two NATO nations - had little recent precedent, and European leaders said they were considering sanctions against Belarus. Minutes before the Ryanair flight was to exit Belarusian airspace and cross into Lithuania, its crew received an order from Belarus s air traffic control to turn around because of possible explosives on board. A Belarusian MiG-29 fighter jet scrambled to escort the Boeing 737-8AS to Minsk, though the aircraft was at that point much closer to Vilnius.
Did Belarus stop a Ryanair flight to detain activist Raman Pratasevich? CNN 2 hrs ago By Tim Lister, CNN © AFP/Getty Images A Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS (flight number FR4978) is parked on Minsk International Airport s apron in Minsk, on May 23, 2021.
Ryanair flight 4978 was about to begin its descent to Vilnius in Lithuania on Sunday when it suddenly changed direction after a security alert, turning sharply east and descending towards the capital of Belarus, Minsk.
Whether that security alert was a fabrication by the Belarus authorities is now at the heart of an incident which has sparked widespread international condemnation and raised serious questions about safety in the skies. Some governments have described the incident as a state-sanctioned hijacking.
Belarus condemned for ‘hijacking’ Ryanair plane to detain journalist
Ryanair flight 4978 was about to begin its descent to Vilnius in Lithuania on Sunday when it suddenly changed direction after a “security alert,” turning sharply east and descending towards the capital of Belarus, Minsk.
Whether that security alert was a fabrication by the Belarus authorities is now at the heart of an incident which has sparked widespread international condemnation and raised serious questions about safety in the skies. Some governments have described the incident as a state-sanctioned hijacking.
One of the passengers on board the Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius was Belarus opposition activist Raman Pratasevich, who is wanted on a variety of charges. For him the diversion was much more than an inconvenience. As soon as the plane landed, he was arrested, according to the Belarus Interior Ministry.
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