Ryanair flight hijacked over Belarus, shocking ploy to catch regime critic. He has been taken into custody after a Ryanair flight was diverted by Belarus. An image from a flight tracker shows the Ryanair flight was close to the Lithuanian border when it was diverted to the Belarusian capital. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, pictured on April 26, 2021 apparently ordered a MiG-29 fighter jet to accompany the Ryanair plane. Closely monitoring forcible landing in #Belarus of flight to Vilnius & reported detention of opposition figure Roman Protasevich.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 23, 2021 23:26 UTC