Xinhua News Agency, Minsk, May 23 (Reporter Wei Zhongjie and Li Jia) According to a report from the Belarusian State News Agency on the 23rd, an Irish Ryanair airliner made an emergency landing at the Belarusian capital Minsk International Airport on the same day due to a bomb threat.
After inspection, the aircraft did not find an explosive device, and then took off again and landed in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.
According to reports, this Boeing 737-800 passenger plane flew from Athens, the capital of Greece, to Vilnius with 123 passengers on board.
At 12:50 local time, the passenger plane issued a request for an emergency landing due to a bomb on board while flying over Belarusian airspace, and landed at Minsk International Airport at 13:15.
White then inspected the luggage of the passengers and the cabin, but no explosive devices were found.
Passengers and baggage went through security check again at Minsk International Airport, and the plane was allowed to take off after safety was confirmed.
The passenger plane departed Minsk International Airport at 20:48.
According to reports, after the plane issued an emergency landing request, Belarusian President Lukashenko issued an order to allow the plane to land, and a fighter jet of the Belarusian military took off to accompany the passenger plane.
Currently, the Belarusian Commission of Inquiry has filed criminal proceedings against this fake bomb incident.