On May 23, 2021, two men walked into the Minsk air traffic control center. They were there to deliver a message: There’s a bomb on Ryanair flight 4978 from Athens to Vilnius, which would soon be flying through Belarusian airspace.
Except, it was a lie.
This is the story what went on inside the control room of Belarus’ hijacked Ryanair flight, based on the transcript of a secret recording made by the air traffic controller who was on duty that day.
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