MOSCOW – The head of Belarusian national airline Belavia on May 29 condemned as “despicable” the decision by numerous EU countries to impose airspace restrictions on the carrier following the forced landing of a passenger jet in Minsk.
Reuters: Belarus airline chief decries airspace restrictions by EU states
A demonstrator holds up a paper plane with the lettering 'Free Belarus' and 'Free Roman Protasevich' during a demonstration of Belarusians living in Poland and Poles supporting them in front of European Commission office demanding freedom for Belarus opposition activist Roman Protasevich in Warsaw, May 24, 2021 a day after a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius carrying the dissident journalist was diverted while in Belarusian airspace. - The Belarus Interior Ministry said on May 24 that opposition activist Roman Protasevich, who was aboard the diverted Ryanair flight, is being held in the capital Minsk and dismissed unconfirmed reports that he was hospitalised. The passenger flight from Athens to Vilnius was diverted while in Belarusian airspace on May 23 over a supposed bomb threat, prompting a global outcry to Minsk's forced landing of the aircraft. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)
