ICAO plans to prep interim report on Ryanair incident by Jun 23
<p> MINSK, Jun 17 - PrimePress. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) plans to prepare by June 23 an interim report on the Ryanair incident in Minsk, the ICAO Council’s press service reports. </p> <p> </p> <p> A full report will be presented at the ICAO Council’s next session, which begins on 13 September. </p> <p> </p> <p> “Belarus and Poland had already provided some preliminary details. Information has also been sought from Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, and Switzerland,” says the ICAO Council’s press service. </p> <p> </p> <p> On May 23, a Vilnius-bound Ryanair plane that took off from Athens made an emergency landing at Minsk International Airport after a reported bomb threat. A MiG-29 fighter jet alert crew was scrambled to escort the plane. After the landing, the plane was inspected and no bomb was found on board. The Belarusian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case into a false bomb alert. Among the passengers on that flight was Roman Protasevich, one of the co-founders of the Nexta Telegram channel recognized as extremist in Belarus. He is charged under three articles of the Criminal Code of Belarus and is on the international wanted list. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will conduct an official investigation into the incident. </p> <p> </p> <p> A number of countries have closed their airspace for Belarusian air carriers and prohibited their airlines to fly over Belarus. </p> <p> </p> <p> On June 4, the European Union (EU) officially banned all Belarusian air carriers to use its airspace and airports. The ban does not apply to humanitarian flights, as well as emergency landings and emergency overflights. End </p>
2021-06-18
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ICAO plans to prep interim report on Ryanair incident by Jun 23
MINSK, Jun 17 - PrimePress. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) plans to prepare by June 23 an interim report on the Ryanair incident in Minsk, the ICAO Council’s press service reports.
A full report will be presented at the ICAO Council’s next session, which begins on 13 September.
“Belarus and Poland had already provided some preliminary details. Information has also been sought from Greece, Ireland, Lithuania, and Switzerland,” says the ICAO Council’s press service.
On May 23, a Vilnius-bound Ryanair plane that took off from Athens made an emergency landing at Minsk International Airport after a reported bomb threat. A MiG-29 fighter jet alert crew was scrambled to escort the plane. After the landing, the plane was inspected and no bomb was found on board. The Belarusian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case into a false bomb alert. Among the passengers on that flight was Roman Protasevich, one of the co-founders of the Nexta Telegram channel recognized as extremist in Belarus. He is charged under three articles of the Criminal Code of Belarus and is on the international wanted list. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will conduct an official investigation into the incident.
A number of countries have closed their airspace for Belarusian air carriers and prohibited their airlines to fly over Belarus.
On June 4, the European Union (EU) officially banned all Belarusian air carriers to use its airspace and airports. The ban does not apply to humanitarian flights, as well as emergency landings and emergency overflights. End