Lawmakers urge Biden, FAA to address Belarus overflight concern

Ryanair SP-RSM-c-Andrzej Otrębski Creative Commons

Two US lawmakers are warning that airspace over Belarus is “not safe” for critics of that country’s government, calling a 23 May diversion of a Ryanair flight to Minsk “state-sponsored hijacking”.

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