The MIG was no doubt there to ensure the plane obeyed air traffic control It's not unheard of for military jets to escort civilian planes to an airport, for ex

The MIG was no doubt there to ensure the plane obeyed air traffic control It's not unheard of for military jets to escort civilian planes to an airport, for example https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ryanair-flight-escorted-by-two-raf-fighter-jets-into-stansted-airport-a3650106.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/ryanair-flight-escort... (Of course the situation of how the bomb threat came to be is different in this case, and IMO airlines now need to avoid Belarus overflights)