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US vs Belarus on hijacked Ryanair flight

Flight operator admits: "No bomb scare, maneuver to arrest dissident"

The US Department of Justice intervenes in view of the official evaluation that the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will make next January 31 on the report on the Ryanair flight (FR4978). Last May 23 the plane had been diverted into the airspace of Belarus due to a bomb threat. Now Washington presents testimony that directly accuses the government of Aleksander Lukashenko of having...

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Washington, United States, 01/21/2022 10:30
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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