The director of Belarus’ national carrier, Belavia, has condemned European leaders over their decision to impose airspace sanctions on the carrier, following last week’s ‘hijacking’ of a Ryanair flight by Belarusian authorities. The European Union, along with the UK, have closed their airspaces to Belarusian carriers, most heavily impacting the country’s state-owned international commercial carrier,
In this cross-posting with The Conversation, UK-based law professors Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou and Arman Sarvarian discuss the international legal ramifications of Belarus forcefully landing a Ryanair flight bound for Lithuania in Minsk in order to detain a wanted political journalist. Here’s what we know: the Ryanair aircraft carrying dissident Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich was scheduled to
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Belavia, the national carrier of Belarus, has been forced to cancel a slew of regularly planned flights to numerous countries as the European Union continues to impose airspace restrictions, following Sunday’s ‘hijacking’ of a Ryanair flight by Belarusian authorities. The European Union, along with the UK, have closed their airspaces to Belarusian carriers, most heavily
The pilot of Ryanair flight 4978 repeatedly questioned air traffic controllers in Belarus over their request to divert to Minsk due to a supposed bomb threat onboard, and asked for other diversion options, according to a transcript released by Belarus. Belarus’ government aviation authority released the partial transcript earlier this week, which aviation experts said
