ICAO Council defers consideration of Ryanair flight investigation until January 2022
<p> MINSK, Nov 9 - PrimePress. The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has postponed consideration of the Ryanair flight incident report until January 2022, mainly due to the volume of information that has been collected, the organization reported on Tuesday. </p> <p> </p> <p> “The ICAO Council has agreed to defer its consideration of the Ryanair Flight #FR4978 investigation report until its next session, in January 2022, due mainly to the volume of data submitted and additional State clarifications still being required,” the ICAO publication states on Twitter. </p> <p> </p> <p> Originally, the ICAO planned to review the final report over the incident on November 12 if all the necessary information was collected. </p> <p> </p> <p> At the same time, the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Belarus said earlier that the ICAO final report on the investigation into the landing of Ryanair flight FR 4978 in Minsk might be considered in February 2022. </p> <p> </p> <p> On May 23, a Vilnius-bound Ryanair flight that took off from Athens was forced to make an emergency landing in the Belarusian capital of Minsk after a reported bomb threat. A Mikoyan MiG-29 jet was scrambled to escort the plane into Minsk. The bomb threat came up empty after the aircraft had landed. The Belarusian authorities specified later that Roman Protasevich, wanted in Belarus as a co-founder of the Nexta Telegram channel, which the Belarusian authorities recognized as extremist, had been among the flight’s passengers. He was detained by Belarusian law enforcement agents. Following the incident, the European Union barred Belarusian air companies from operating flights to EU airports and using the European Union’s airspace, and recommended that European air carriers should avoid Belarusian airspace. In May, Ukraine also cut off air links with Belarus and closed the airspace to Belarusian planes. End </p>
2021-11-10
Primepress
ICAO Council defers consideration of Ryanair flight investigation until January 2022
MINSK, Nov 9 - PrimePress. The Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has postponed consideration of the Ryanair flight incident report until January 2022, mainly due to the volume of information that has been collected, the organization reported on Tuesday.
“The ICAO Council has agreed to defer its consideration of the Ryanair Flight #FR4978 investigation report until its next session, in January 2022, due mainly to the volume of data submitted and additional State clarifications still being required,” the ICAO publication states on Twitter.
Originally, the ICAO planned to review the final report over the incident on November 12 if all the necessary information was collected.
At the same time, the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Belarus said earlier that the ICAO final report on the investigation into the landing of Ryanair flight FR 4978 in Minsk might be considered in February 2022.
On May 23, a Vilnius-bound Ryanair flight that took off from Athens was forced to make an emergency landing in the Belarusian capital of Minsk after a reported bomb threat. A Mikoyan MiG-29 jet was scrambled to escort the plane into Minsk. The bomb threat came up empty after the aircraft had landed. The Belarusian authorities specified later that Roman Protasevich, wanted in Belarus as a co-founder of the Nexta Telegram channel, which the Belarusian authorities recognized as extremist, had been among the flight’s passengers. He was detained by Belarusian law enforcement agents. Following the incident, the European Union barred Belarusian air companies from operating flights to EU airports and using the European Union’s airspace, and recommended that European air carriers should avoid Belarusian airspace. In May, Ukraine also cut off air links with Belarus and closed the airspace to Belarusian planes. End