View Ryanair Plane Taking Off Background. In a statement, ryanair said the closest airport was minsk and that the situation had been out of its hands. Deputy air force commander andrei gurtsevich said the plane's crew made the decision to land in minsk.
Mr murphy, 21, said the ryanair plane was reversing and about to taxi to the runway before it stopped. But ryanair said in a statement that belarusian air blinken called for the immediate release of roman protasevich, 26, an opponent of president lukashenko was taken off the plane and arrested. They have placed an order with boeing for 200 new 737 max aircraft.
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Speaking to dublin's newstalk radio on monday, michael o'leary took aim at officials in minsk, and even suggested that kgb agents from belarus were onboard the aircraft. A passenger and his friend were then dramatically dragged off the plane by workers in hazmat suits. Plane taking off in el prat barcelona airport, catalonia, spain. The ryanair plane flying from athens to vilnius made an emergency landing at minsk's airport on sunday after a reported bomb threat.