All flights over Belarus must cease after 'air piracy' - senior UK lawmaker
The Peninsula
London: The chairman of the British parliament's foreign affairs committee called on Monday for all civilian airlines to cease flying over Belarus after what he said was an act of air piracy by President Alexander Lukashenko.
Belarus scrambled a fighter jet and flagged what turned out to be a false bomb alert to force a Ryanair plane bound for Vilnius, Lithuania, to land in Minsk on Sunday. It detained an opposition-minded journalist who was on board, drawing condemnation from Europe and the United States.More Related News