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23rd May 2021
05:38pm BST

Ryanair said that its crew on the flight from Athens were notified by Belarus air traffic control about a "potential security threat on board and were instructed to divert to the nearest airport, Minsk."
A statement released by the airline said that the aircraft landed safely and that passengers disembarked while security checks were completed. No bomb devices were found during the search."Nothing untoward was found and authorities cleared the aircraft to depart together with passengers and crew after approximately five hours on the ground in Minsk," the statement said.
The Irish Government are said to have contacted Ryanair and EU authorities after the incident, with the European Commission president describing it as “utterly unacceptable”.
https://twitter.com/vonderleyen/status/1396487685011816449“ALL passengers must be able to continue their travel to Vilnius immediately and their safety ensured,” Ursula von der Leyen said in a tweet.
“Any violation of international air transport rules must bear consequences,” she warned.
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