An investigation by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) into last year’s grounding of a Ryanair flight in Belarus discovered inconsistencies in Minsk’s story but could not attribute blame, it has been reported.
On May 23, a Ryanair plane flying from Athens to Vilnius was forced to make an emergency landing in Minsk due to an alleged bomb threat. Once on the ground, the plane was boarded, and the Belarusian authorities arrested passengers Roman Protasevich, an opposition activist, and his girlfriend, Sofia Sapega.