Belarus

[GRtak]

A Ryanair Flight Carrying An Opposition Journalist Is Forced To Land In Belarus

The passenger flight carrying Roman Protasevich, the former editor of an opposition social media channel, made an emergency landing after reports of a bomb on board. No explosives were found.

www.npr.org

EU Asks All EU-Based Airlines To Avoid Belarusian Airspace After Forced Landing

The move comes a day after Belarus ordered a Ryanair flight to make an emergency landing in Minsk due to reports of a bomb aboard, in a ruse to apprehend an opposition activist.

www.npr.org

All of this to get one person that is a critic.

 

[narf]

Also this: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/...n-council-conclusions-on-belarus-24-may-2021/

- calls on the Council to adopt the necessary measures to ban overflight of EU airspace by Belarusian airlines and prevent access to EU airports of flights operated by such airlines;

 

[Redliner]

This is so fucked-up.

 

[Perc]

Good people stuck in a country ruled by an idiot.

 

[jack_christie]

Empty skies over Belarus today:

 

[93Flareside]

Empty skies over Belarus today:

not a whole lot over Ukraine either. With all of the planes over western Europe, you'd expect the skies to hardly allow for sun.

 

[GRtak]

not a whole lot over Ukraine either. With all of the planes over western Europe, you'd expect the skies to hardly allow for sun.

There is still a war going on in Ukraine. There was also a passenger jet that was shot down there because of that war.

 

[93Flareside]

There is still a war going on in Ukraine. There was also a passenger jet that was shot down there because of that war.

Well, why don't they just get over there differences kiss, and make up? jeez.

I'm kidding, I forgot there was still a tiff going on there...