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Here is a relevant ICAO document: * https://www.wing.com.ua/images/stories/library/ovd/9433.pdf https://www.wing.com.ua/images/stories/library/ovd/9433.pdf So

Here is a relevant ICAO document: * https://www.wing.com.ua/images/stories/library/ovd/9433.pdf https://www.wing.com.ua/images/stories/library/ovd/9433.pdf So I guess the Belarus government would try to claim whatever agreement caused this part: >1.2.1 Pilots-in-command of civil aircraft should be aware that interception may take place in the event that military,customs or police authorities of a State: >... >d) suspect that an aircraft is engaged in illegal flight and/or transportation of illicit goods or persons, inconsistent withthe aims of the Chicago Convention and contrary to the laws of said State. >... I note there there is nothing in there about a bomb threat. So the bomb threat was likely a separate gambit that didn't work. This seems to be quite insane either way. If an interception goes bad the result could be the destruction of the civil aircraft. Not worth the potential risk, no matter who might be on the flight.

Aperocky 5y ago
It's probably a calculated gambit, they bet the pilot would budge and follow the fighter. If the pilot didn't I doubt they'd actually shoot the plane down, but that's a bet that they took and won. The pilot obviously chose the safer option for himself and almost everyone onboard.
vbezhenar 5y ago
What is illicit person? So according to (d) Belarus could intercept that aircraft just to extract that journalist as an illicit person?
- upofadown 5y ago
  From the now updated article: >Ms Tikhanovskaya said Mr Protasevich, 26, had left Belarus in 2019 and covered the events of the 2020 presidential election with Nexta, after which criminal charges were filed against him in Belarus. >She said he faced the death penalty in Belarus as he has been categorised as a terrorist. So the charges were pre-concocted. They didn't have to make any up at the last moment.

Aperocky 5y ago

It's probably a calculated gambit, they bet the pilot would budge and follow the fighter. If the pilot didn't I doubt they'd actually shoot the plane down, but that's a bet that they took and won. The pilot obviously chose the safer option for himself and almost everyone onboard.

vbezhenar 5y ago

What is illicit person? So according to (d) Belarus could intercept that aircraft just to extract that journalist as an illicit person?

upofadown 5y ago
From the now updated article: >Ms Tikhanovskaya said Mr Protasevich, 26, had left Belarus in 2019 and covered the events of the 2020 presidential election with Nexta, after which criminal charges were filed against him in Belarus. >She said he faced the death penalty in Belarus as he has been categorised as a terrorist. So the charges were pre-concocted. They didn't have to make any up at the last moment.