Ryanair Plane Grounding in Belarus Was State-Sponsored Hijacking, CEO Says
Belarus authorities arrested opposition activist Roman Protasevich on board a Ryanair plane, which had been flying from Greece to Lithuania, after diverting the aircraft to Minsk. Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary called the incident “a case of state-sponsored hijacking,” further raising the global aviation industry’s alarm over the diversion. Photo: Onliner.by/AFP/Getty Images
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