{"id":1438073,"date":"2021-05-28T06:40:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T22:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=1438073"},"modified":"2021-05-28T07:34:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T23:34:00","slug":"un-aviation-body-to-launch-probe-into-belarus-plane-diversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1438073\/un-aviation-body-to-launch-probe-into-belarus-plane-diversion","title":{"rendered":"UN aviation body to launch probe into Belarus plane diversion"},"content":{"rendered":"

MONTREAL<\/span>, Canada<\/span>\u00a0— The UN civil aviation agency will launch an investigation into the May 23 diversion by Belarus of a European flight and arrest of a dissident on board, it announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council “decided to undertake a fact-finding investigation of this event,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

It added that, at a meeting, the body “underlined the importance of establishing the facts of what happened, and of understanding whether there had been any breach by any ICAO Member State of international aviation law.”<\/p>\n

The council “requested the ICAO Secretariat to prepare an interim report to the Council for a subsequent meeting of the current session.”<\/p>\n

Belarus’s strongman President Alexander Lukashenko sparked international outrage by dispatching a fighter jet Sunday to intercept a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius\u00a0carrying opposition journalist and activist Roman Protasevich, 26, and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega, 23<\/p>\n

His parents pleaded Thursday for international help to get him released, and the G7 global powers also demanded he be freed, with the EU’s foreign policy chief threatening economic sanctions.<\/p>\n

The ICAO, of which Belarus is a member, has no power to order sanctions. But European leaders this week agreed to cut air links with Belarus and told airlines to avoid the country’s airspace.<\/p>\n

Its meeting Thursday came after Western powers on the UN Security Council called on it to investigate, echoing an earlier call from NATO.<\/p>\n

But Russia’s support for Minsk means the UN Security Council is unlikely to agree on a collective statement.UN aviation body to launch probe into Belarus<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The UN civil aviation agency will launch an investigation into the May 23 diversion by Belarus of a European flight and arrest of a dissident on board, it announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":1436311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,43],"tags":[176696,192121],"byline":[],"source":[206065],"column":[],"editor":[],"videographer":[],"position":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nUN aviation body to launch probe into Belarus plane diversion | Inquirer 黑料社<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The UN civil aviation agency will launch an investigation into the May 23 diversion by Belarus of a European flight and arrest of a dissident on board, it announced on Thursday.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1438073\/un-aviation-body-to-launch-probe-into-belarus-plane-diversion\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"UN aviation body to launch probe into Belarus plane diversion | Inquirer 黑料社\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The UN civil aviation agency will launch an investigation into the May 23 diversion by Belarus of a European flight and arrest of a dissident on board, it announced on Thursday.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2021\/05\/2021-05-24T175554Z_1_LYNXNPEH4N0YM_RTROPTP_4_BELARUS-POLITICS-MINSK-AIRPORT.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@inquirerdotnet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@inquirerdotnet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"aulanday\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UN aviation body to launch probe into Belarus plane diversion | Inquirer 黑料社","description":"The UN civil aviation agency will launch an investigation into the May 23 diversion by Belarus of a European flight and arrest of a dissident on board, it announced on Thursday.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1438073\/un-aviation-body-to-launch-probe-into-belarus-plane-diversion","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"UN aviation body to launch probe into Belarus plane diversion | Inquirer 黑料社","twitter_description":"The UN civil aviation agency will launch an investigation into the May 23 diversion by Belarus of a European flight and arrest of a dissident on board, it announced on Thursday.","twitter_image":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2021\/05\/2021-05-24T175554Z_1_LYNXNPEH4N0YM_RTROPTP_4_BELARUS-POLITICS-MINSK-AIRPORT.jpg","twitter_creator":"@inquirerdotnet","twitter_site":"@inquirerdotnet","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"aulanday","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1438073\/un-aviation-body-to-launch-probe-into-belarus-plane-diversion#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1438073\/un-aviation-body-to-launch-probe-into-belarus-plane-diversion"},"author":{"name":"aulanday","@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/#\/schema\/person\/7fc6efa8a5466a9ba3c0769a2785c984"},"headline":"UN aviation body to launch probe into Belarus plane diversion","datePublished":"2021-05-27T22:40:26+00:00","dateModified":"2021-05-27T23:34:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1438073\/un-aviation-body-to-launch-probe-into-belarus-plane-diversion"},"wordCount":273,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1438073\/un-aviation-body-to-launch-probe-into-belarus-plane-diversion#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2021\/05\/2021-05-24T175554Z_1_LYNXNPEH4N0YM_RTROPTP_4_BELARUS-POLITICS-MINSK-AIRPORT.jpg","keywords":["Belarus","UN probe"],"articleSection":["Latest 黑料社 Stories","World"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1438073\/un-aviation-body-to-launch-probe-into-belarus-plane-diversion#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2021","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.inquirer.net\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1438073\/un-aviation-body-to-launch-probe-into-belarus-plane-diversion","url":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1438073\/un-aviation-body-to-launch-probe-into-belarus-plane-diversion","name":"UN aviation body to launch probe into Belarus plane diversion | Inquirer 黑料社","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1438073\/un-aviation-body-to-launch-probe-into-belarus-plane-diversion#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1438073\/un-aviation-body-to-launch-probe-into-belarus-plane-diversion#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2021\/05\/2021-05-24T175554Z_1_LYNXNPEH4N0YM_RTROPTP_4_BELARUS-POLITICS-MINSK-AIRPORT.jpg","datePublished":"2021-05-27T22:40:26+00:00","dateModified":"2021-05-27T23:34:00+00:00","description":"The UN civil aviation agency will launch an investigation into the May 23 diversion by Belarus of a European flight and arrest of a dissident on board, it announced on Thursday.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1438073\/un-aviation-body-to-launch-probe-into-belarus-plane-diversion#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1438073\/un-aviation-body-to-launch-probe-into-belarus-plane-diversion"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1438073\/un-aviation-body-to-launch-probe-into-belarus-plane-diversion#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2021\/05\/2021-05-24T175554Z_1_LYNXNPEH4N0YM_RTROPTP_4_BELARUS-POLITICS-MINSK-AIRPORT.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2021\/05\/2021-05-24T175554Z_1_LYNXNPEH4N0YM_RTROPTP_4_BELARUS-POLITICS-MINSK-AIRPORT.jpg","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"Airport personnel and security forces are seen on the tarmac in front of a Ryanair flight which was forced to land in Minsk, Belarus, May 23, 2021. Picture taken May 23, 2021. Handout via REUTERS"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1438073\/un-aviation-body-to-launch-probe-into-belarus-plane-diversion#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"黑料社","item":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Latest 黑料社 Stories","item":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/category\/latest-stories"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"UN aviation body to launch probe into Belarus plane diversion"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/","name":"Inquirer 黑料社","description":"Latest Philippine 黑料社 for Filipinos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/#organization","name":"黑料社","url":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2020\/02\/inqdefimg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/files\/2020\/02\/inqdefimg.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"黑料社"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inquirerdotnet\/","https:\/\/x.com\/inquirerdotnet","https:\/\/instagram.com\/inquirerdotnet","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/inquirerdotnet"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/#\/schema\/person\/7fc6efa8a5466a9ba3c0769a2785c984","name":"aulanday","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9605d211f43ff365edcaaa12ea66bb9?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e9605d211f43ff365edcaaa12ea66bb9?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"aulanday"}}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438073"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1438073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1436311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1438073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1438073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1438073"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=1438073"},{"taxonomy":"source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/source?post=1438073"},{"taxonomy":"column","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/column?post=1438073"},{"taxonomy":"editor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/editor?post=1438073"},{"taxonomy":"videographer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/videographer?post=1438073"},{"taxonomy":"position","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/position?post=1438073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}