ICAO to present preliminary report on Ryanair incident investigation on June 25
<p> MINSK, Jun 23 - PrimePress. A special commission of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will present on June 25 a preliminary report on the investigation into the Ryanair urgent landing at Minsk National Airport on 23 May 2021, says the ICAO twitter account. </p> <p> </p> <p> “The interim report to Council with a status update on the fact-finding investigation into Ryanair flight 4978 will now likely take place on Friday. The facts and findings themselves will be contained in a subsequent report to Council, during its next session beginning 13 Sept.” </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. 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 was arrested and faces charges under three articles of the Criminal Code of 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 </p> <p> </p> <p> On June 21 it was announced that EU candidate countries North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania, as well as European Free Trade Association partners Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway joined the EU restrictions on the use of airspace and airports by air carriers of Belarus that were imposed after the Ryanair plane incident. </p> <p> </p> <p> The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to maintain the critical separation between politics and aviation safety issues. “Aviation safety must never be politicized. IATA condemned the actions of the Belarus government and called for an independent investigation. Banning European aircraft from using Belarusian airspace with a Safety Directive is also a politicization of aviation safety,” said IATA chief William Walsh. End </p>
2021-06-24
Primepress
ICAO to present preliminary report on Ryanair incident investigation on June 25
MINSK, Jun 23 - PrimePress. A special commission of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will present on June 25 a preliminary report on the investigation into the Ryanair urgent landing at Minsk National Airport on 23 May 2021, says the ICAO twitter account.
“The interim report to Council with a status update on the fact-finding investigation into Ryanair flight 4978 will now likely take place on Friday. The facts and findings themselves will be contained in a subsequent report to Council, during its next session beginning 13 Sept.”
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. 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 was arrested and faces charges under three articles of the Criminal Code of 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
On June 21 it was announced that EU candidate countries North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania, as well as European Free Trade Association partners Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway joined the EU restrictions on the use of airspace and airports by air carriers of Belarus that were imposed after the Ryanair plane incident.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to maintain the critical separation between politics and aviation safety issues. “Aviation safety must never be politicized. IATA condemned the actions of the Belarus government and called for an independent investigation. Banning European aircraft from using Belarusian airspace with a Safety Directive is also a politicization of aviation safety,” said IATA chief William Walsh. End