Belarus Forces Commercial Jet To Land

The plane was carrying a prominent critic of Belarus' government.

Belarus' government is facing serious questions after it forced a commercial airplane to suddenly land and arrest one of the passengers on board. The Ryanair jet was traveling from Greece to Lithuania. It was carrying a prominent critic of Belarus' government. As the plane was traveling over Belarus, officials claimed there was a bomb threat and the pilots needed to make an emergency landing in Minsk. A fighter jet escorted the plane where officials arrested the political critic.