Advisor to the President of Lithuania Asta Skaisgirite said that there were about 170 passengers on board the Ryanair plane en route from Athens to Vilnius and made an emergency landing in Minsk.
“This flight was carried by about 170 passengers from 12 countries. There are more than 90 Lithuanian citizens on board,”, – Skaisgirite said.
The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry demanded that the Belarusian authorities immediately “release all passengers and crew of the liner” and allow the plane to return to the capital of Lithuania.
We remind that the plane of Ryanair, following the route Athens – Vilnius, made an emergency landing due to the message about mines, but the information was not confirmed. The Investigative Committee of Belarus opened a criminal case on the fact of knowingly false reporting of the danger.