Lithuanian passenger, flying a flight of the airline Ryanair, where the creator of the Telegram channel Nexta Roman Protasevich was located, said that the entire emergency landing operation in Minsk was similar to “show”. Interview with a passenger publishes the Belarusian telegram channel “Tut.by News”.
Traveler Arturas (name changed) was sitting next to Protasevich and noticed that he began to be very nervous when the crew announced an emergency landing in the Belarusian capital. The pilot said that the reason was technical problems, but which exactly did not specify.
Protasevich warned the crew members that he was a political refugee and plant a plane in Belarus – very risky for him, but flight attendants allegedly did not pay special attention to his requests, and the decline continued.
Lasting in Minsk, passengers began to leave the board with groups of five people. The police asked them to put all personal belongings to the ground and made an inspection with three dogs, which, according to the observations of the channel’s interlocutor, was clearly not enough to check the things of a whole aircraft. Arthursu seemed that the police were trying to “intimidate everyone.”
“This whole operation was like a show. If there was really a bomb, it would hardly have been so many different people closer than half a kilometer to the plane. In addition, there was no special costume for those who are demining. My bag examined the usual woman – an airport officer, “said Arturas.
In the airhouse, he saw four policemen who led Protasevich to the inspection point without a queue. His girls Sophia Sapega he did not notice.
On May 23, the airline Ryanair, which followed the route Athens – Vilnius, made an emergency landing after a mining report received from Minsk airport. To accompany the ship to the strip, the MiG-29 Air Force Fighter was raised. Immediately after landing, Belarusian security forces detained on board Protasevich.
The Motherland is accused of creating extremist formation and calls to mass riots after the presidential election. He may threate up to 15 years in prison. Protasevich noted a surveillance before departure from Athens Airport. There were no explosive devices on board the aircraft.