The US has charged four Belarusian officials with aircraft piracy over the diversion of a passenger plane to Minsk last May.
Prosecutors allege the officials used a false bomb threat to divert a Ryanair flight to the Belarus capital, where opposition journalist Roman Protasevich and his partner were detained.
FBI officials said the incident was a "reckless violation".
Earlier this week a UN report concluded the bomb threat was deliberately false.
ShyFlyer wrote:So...maybe I missed it or my coffee isn't working, but why is the US, specifically the FBI, involved in this? Was the bomb threat phoned in from US soil?
Mark wrote:...including four U.S. citizens.