Originally Posted by
Bksmithca
Magyar_flyer, you really need to go post one and read what actually happened. Belarus literally high jacked this flight with armed fighter jets.
Nope, never happened.
5.10. From the evidence provided by Belarus, no escort or intercept occurred between the MIG-29 and RYR 1TZ and no communications by the MIG-29 was recorded on the radio channels used by RYR 1TZ. According to information provided by the flight crew and cabin crew, there was no communication, interaction, visual sighting or other knowledge of military aircraft involvement with the flight.
They tricked the pilots to land in Minsk - which is despicable, as ATC should obviously be always trustworthy. But the flight routing was overflying Belarus in the first place. Admitedly boarding such a flight was a rather risky proposition.