ICAO decides to investigate Ryanair plane incident in Belarus
<p> MINSK, May 28 - PrimePress. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has decided to investigate into the emergency landing of the Ryanair passenger aircraft in Minsk, said Irish Transport Minister Eamon Ryan. </p> <p> </p> <p> “We fully support ICAO's decision to conduct a transparent and independent investigation into the incident in Belarus and welcome the support of our international colleagues in ensuring that this is done,” Ryan said. </p> <p> </p> <p> ICAO is expected to provide a preliminary report on the incident on June 25. </p> <p> </p> <p> British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Britain welcomed "the ICAO investigation into the forced landing of flight FR4978 by the Lukashenko regime." Head of the airline Ryanair Michael O'Leary sent a letter to the head of the Department of Aviation of the Ministry of Transport of Belarus, calling the incident with the landing of the plane in Minsk "an illegal and premeditated hijacking. </p> <p> </p> <p> Russia regrets that its position on the investigation of the Ryanair incident has not been heard by ICAO, said Russian representative to the organization Sergey Gudkov. He noted that many countries, including Great Britain and France, believe that this was an air incident, which should be investigated from the perspective of flight safety, while Russia insisted that the case should be investigated from the perspective of Appendix 17 of the Chicago Convention. He also stated that the Belarusian side acted in full compliance with the Chicago Convention, rules and standards of ICAO, as required by the guidelines when receiving threats of explosive devices on board the aircraft. Russia’s position was supported by China and South Africa. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, Belarus used a fighter aircraft on May 23 to force down a Ryanair flight on its way from Athens to Vilnius under the guise of a bomb threat, which subsequently proved to be false, and arrested dissident journalist Roman Protasevich, who was listed as a terrorist by the Belarusian authorities and declared wanted by the state. He is charged under three articles of the Criminal Code of Belarus. Under one of the articles, Protasevich is charged with masterminding mass riots. </p> <p> </p> <p> After that, leaders of the EU states initiated a reinforcement of economic sanctions against Belarus and now their decision needs technical approval at the ministerial level. End </p>
2021-05-29
Primepress
ICAO decides to investigate Ryanair plane incident in Belarus
MINSK, May 28 - PrimePress. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has decided to investigate into the emergency landing of the Ryanair passenger aircraft in Minsk, said Irish Transport Minister Eamon Ryan.
“We fully support ICAO's decision to conduct a transparent and independent investigation into the incident in Belarus and welcome the support of our international colleagues in ensuring that this is done,” Ryan said.
ICAO is expected to provide a preliminary report on the incident on June 25.
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Britain welcomed "the ICAO investigation into the forced landing of flight FR4978 by the Lukashenko regime." Head of the airline Ryanair Michael O'Leary sent a letter to the head of the Department of Aviation of the Ministry of Transport of Belarus, calling the incident with the landing of the plane in Minsk "an illegal and premeditated hijacking.
Russia regrets that its position on the investigation of the Ryanair incident has not been heard by ICAO, said Russian representative to the organization Sergey Gudkov. He noted that many countries, including Great Britain and France, believe that this was an air incident, which should be investigated from the perspective of flight safety, while Russia insisted that the case should be investigated from the perspective of Appendix 17 of the Chicago Convention. He also stated that the Belarusian side acted in full compliance with the Chicago Convention, rules and standards of ICAO, as required by the guidelines when receiving threats of explosive devices on board the aircraft. Russia’s position was supported by China and South Africa.
As previously reported, Belarus used a fighter aircraft on May 23 to force down a Ryanair flight on its way from Athens to Vilnius under the guise of a bomb threat, which subsequently proved to be false, and arrested dissident journalist Roman Protasevich, who was listed as a terrorist by the Belarusian authorities and declared wanted by the state. He is charged under three articles of the Criminal Code of Belarus. Under one of the articles, Protasevich is charged with masterminding mass riots.
After that, leaders of the EU states initiated a reinforcement of economic sanctions against Belarus and now their decision needs technical approval at the ministerial level. End