Air traffic exchange shows Ryanair crew not ‘coerced’ into diversion: ministry

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Belarus’s ministry of transport has detailed the circumstances of the Ryanair Boeing 737-800 diversion to Minsk, releasing a transcript of the air traffic control exchange, in a bid to demonstrate that the crew was not pressured into its decision to land at the airport.

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