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His adviser Franak Viačiorka told BNS on Sunday that the Ryanair plane, which was supposed to land in Vilnius, was seized after the Lukashenko regime lifted the fighter jet.
“It is quite obvious that the spectral operation to take control of the plane – in order to arrest the activist and blogger R. Protasevičius,” the opposition leader said in a statement issued on Sunday.
According to her, the Belarusian regime posed a threat to the safety of air passengers and to all civil aviation to deal with the man who was the editor of all major Belarusian independent information telegrams.
УGUBAZIK confirmed the arrest of Raman Protasevich
Alexander Lukashenko personally gave the order to deploy the Ryanair plane in Minsk, reports the Poole of the First telegram channel. Details are collected here https://t.co/5IYr5zEIGL
– Belsat TV (@Belsat_TV) May 23, 2021
“It is only because of this that he has been called a terrorist, and that is why he now faces the death penalty in Belarus,” Cichanouskaya said in a statement.
Its headquarters has already reported the incident to Ryanair’s office and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), demanding that an investigation be launched into the incident and that action be taken before Belarus is removed from ICAO.
“To this day, no one flying over Belarus can be sure of their safety. After all, the regime is abusing the rules of aviation to kidnap those who think otherwise,” says Cichanouskaya.
His adviser F. Viačiorka confirmed to BNS on Sunday that R. Protasevičius, who flew in a plane that landed in Minsk, has already been detained.
“It is a shock, it is a horror. The plane, which was flying from Athens to Vilnius, was hijacked after the MiG-29 fighter plane was lifted, ”said F. Viačiorka on Sunday.
The Delfi newsroom received a letter from the reader Linas on Sunday, stating that a Ryanair plane flying to Vilnius from Athens landed in Minsk, and the crew did not explain anything to the passengers, only told them to “sit down and they will wait “. The reader mentioned that his wife and daughter are flying by plane from a house in Athens.
Delfi contacted Lina Beišine, head of the communications department at Lithuania International Airport. She confirmed that the plane from Athens had to land in Vilnius at 1 pm, but the crew made the decision to land the plane in Minsk.
The Flightradar flight monitoring platform shows that the plane had already approached the Lithuanian border and was suddenly headed for the capital of Belarus.
“As far as I know, there was a conflict between the crew and the passenger. Currently, the plane is landing successfully. We do not have any other official information,” L. Beišinė told Delfi.
The interlocutor mentioned that he does not yet know when and how the passengers of the plane will arrive in Lithuania. Information from Minsk is still pending.
L. Beišinė informed BNS that the plane had turned towards Minsk due to a conflict between passengers and crew members, there were 120 passengers on the plane.
The Twitter account of the news portal Belsat writes about a possible explosive.
Information about the passage of the plane was not confirmed.
However, the plane has not yet continued its flight to Vilnius.
Fountain: @nashaniva pic.twitter.com/NIhrStzpGY
– Belsat TV (@Belsat_TV) May 23, 2021
Vytautė Šmaižytė, spokesperson for the Foreign Minister, says that he is currently working with the embassy. No official information has been provided on why the plane had to land in Minsk.
“We know the same fact, we work with the Embassy and as soon as we have clear information, we will publish it,” assured V. Šmaižytė.
According to BNS, Roman Protasevičius, a staff member of Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlan Cichanouskaya, founder and editor-in-chief of the Nexta information project, also flew this plane.
The Minsk airport press service told the Interfax news agency that the plane had to land in Minsk due to the announcement of the bomb, the plane is currently being inspected by deminers.
Franak Viacorka, an advisor to the Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlan Cichanouskaya, writes on his Twitter account that the plane, which flew from Athens to Vilnius, changed direction and headed for Minx, possibly due to the famous Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevičius who He flew. He faces the death penalty in Belarus.
BREAK! The regime landed @Ryanair plane, flying from Athens to Vilnius, to arrest the famous Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich. In Belarus, he faces the death penalty. Belarus seized a plane, endangered passengers to suppress an opponent pic.twitter.com/TEv22to5XM
– Franco Viačorka (@franakviacorka) May 23, 2021
After contacting the reader who wrote the letter to the editorial office, he said he was communicating with family members on the plane. According to them, the service personnel informed the passengers that they have no right to tell people what is happening.
Later Delphi the reader sent several photographs and added that passengers are being approached from the plane, their belongings are sniffed by dogs here, soldiers in vests and helmets are standing still, the plane’s engines are still off.
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