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Belarus FR Incident: US Piracy Charges Filed

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ShanwickOceanic (netAirspace FAA) 21 Jan 22, 10:29Post
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.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60077773

Original thread: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=27268
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ShyFlyer (Founding Member) 21 Jan 22, 15:59Post
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?
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Mark 21 Jan 22, 20:16Post
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?


https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... story.html

From the above article: "Justice Department officials said Thursday that the deception allegedly carried out by Belarus’s government operators endangered those aboard the flight, including four U.S. citizens."
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ShyFlyer (Founding Member) 22 Jan 22, 17:55Post
Mark wrote:...including four U.S. citizens.

Well, that makes sense. Thanks!
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