A Ryanair flight #FR4978 from Athens to Vilnius, diverted to Minsk in Belarus earlier today.
flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/…
According to reports in media a Belarus journalist, that was onboard the flight, was arrested after the diversion to Minsk.
Context on the flight path of #FR4978 today —
Ryanair’s ATH-VNO flight normally (avg point from past year) begins its descent over Belarus ~177km from VNO. Today’s flight maintained 39,000 ft toward Lithuania before beginning its diversion 73km from VNO (30 km from 🇱🇹 border).
More than 5 hours after the landing of flight #FR4978 in Minsk the aircraft (SP-RSM) remains on ground in Minsk.
SP-RSM, the Ryanair 737 forcibly diverted to Minsk earlier, has just departed for Vilnius. Follow #FR497 from Minsk to Vilnius
fr24.com/RYR497/27ce1282
Lithuanian airspace. fr24.com/RYR497/27ce1282
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