| 9:28 Pilot: Minsk, good morning. RYR 1TZ, FL390 is approaching. |
| 9:29 Dispatcher: Here is the Minsk control tower, hello. Radar contact. |
| 9:30 Pilot: Yes, we move on. |
| 9:30 Tower: RYR 1TZ, for your information, we have information from special services that you have a bomb on board and it could be activated over Vilnius. |
| 9:31 Pilot: OK, RYT 1TZ, could you repeat the message? |
| 9:31 Tower: RYR 1TZ, I say again that we have information from special services that you have a bomb on board. This bomb could be activated over Vilnius. |
| 9:31 Pilot: I understand, I’m switching. |
| 9:31 Tower: RYR 1TZ, for safety reasons we recommend you land on UMMS (ICAO code for Minsk airport). |
| 9:31 Pilot: Ok I understand. Give us a spare … |
| 9:32 Pilot: To the bomb, the direct message, from whom? Where did you get information about it? |
| 9:33 Tower: RYT 1TZ, the airport security service informed us that they had received an e-mail. |
| 9:33: Pilot: I understand. From Vilnius Airport Security Service or from Greece? |
| 9:33 Tower: RYR 1TZ, that email was sent to several airports. |
| The next part of the communication is disrupted, the pilot then asks for contact and frequency and requests information about where the threat came from |
| 9:39 Pilot: Can you say again the IATA code whose management advised us to divert? |
| 9:39 Tower: I understand, please wait. |
| 9:39 Pilot: OK. I will provide you (incomprehensible)… Can you repeat the IATA code of the airport whose management advised us to divert us? |
| 9:41 Tower: The IATA code is MSQ (Minsk airport code). |
| 9:41 Pilot: Can you repeat it? |
| 9:41 Tower: The IATA code is MSQ. |
| 9:41 Pilot: MSQ. I understand. Again. Where did the recommendation to divert the flight to Minsk come from? Who did it come from? From the company? Did it come from the departure office or from the arrival one? |
| 9:41 Tower: RYR 1TZ, these are our recommendations. |
| 9:41 Pilot: Are you saying this is your recommendation? |
| 9:41 Tower: RYR 1TZ, exactly, exactly. |
| 9:44 Pilot: I need an answer what poison the code is (incomprehensible) – green, yellow or red? |
| 9:45 Tower: RYR 1TZ, they say the code is red. |
| 9:45 Pilot: I understand, in this case we want to stay in the current position. |
| 9:45 Tower: RYR 1TZ, I understand, hold position, keep turning FL390 in your direction. |
| 9:47 Pilot: RYR 1TZ declares a state of emergency. Mayday, Mayday, Mayday. RYR 1TZ. Our intention is to move to Minsk airport. |
| 9:47 Tower: RYR 1TZ, Mayday. I understand. Wait for the coordinates. |
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