Outrage After Belarus Regime Forces Plane Landing To Arrest Journalist

European officials are describing the incident as an act of state terrorism and weighing sanctions, while airlines avoid flight paths over Belarus.

Shock, outrage, and condemnation after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko apparently greenlit a false bomb threat to divert a passenger plane -- all to arrest an exiled journalist on board.  Ryanair Flight 4978 was flying north on Sunday from Greece to Lithuania when the pilots were ordered to turn east and land in Belarus’ capital, Minsk. Joining them on the ride? A Mig-29 fighter jet. Belarus’ state-owned news agency says Lukashenko “personally” ordered the landing. "It constitutes a brazen affront to international peace and security by the regime. We demand an immediate, international, transparent and credible investigation of this incident,” says White House press secretary Jen Psaki.