Forced Landing of Ryanair Jet in Belarus Triggers Outrage
- EU leaders to discuss Belarus incident during summit on Monday
- Ryanair flight target of unprecedented violation of protocol
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The U.S. and Europe reacted with outrage after Belarus ordered a Ryanair Holdings Plc flight transiting its airspace to land and arrested a journalist on board, an unprecedented violation of European air travel protocols.
“The United States strongly condemns the forced diversion of a flight between two EU member states and the subsequent removal and arrest of journalist Roman Pratasevich,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.