The explosive (never existed) on the Boeing 737 at Ryanair according to the threats collected by the Belarusian 007 it would have exploded in Lithuania, the final destination of the plane. That is why it was “recommended” to divert to Minsk. But when the pilot began to have some suspicions about the goodness of that information – asking from whom it came the indication to go down to the Belarusian capital – it was the ground controller who explained that the “recommendation” came from Minsk. Once on the ground, the police arrested the activist-journalist Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega. They are not mentioned in the press release. As it is explained that the transcript is provided to disprove those who speak of constraint or pressure towards the pilot.
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«Scendete a Minsk»
According to the transcript of the dialogues of Ryanair flight FR4978 Athens-Vilnius published by the Belarusian Department of Aviation, it was not the pilots who requested the landing, but the control tower. “Ryanair flight we get information from special services (local, ed) that you have a bomb on board and that it can be detonated over Vilnius “, he says at 09:30:49 (Coordinated Universal Time, one hour behind that of the Italian time zone, three hours behind that of Belarus, ed) in the morning the airspace controller of Belarus. “For security reasons, we recommend that you land at UMMS (the Icao code of the Minsk airport, ed) », They continue from the ground at one minute later. “Ok, I understand, please give us an alternative,” asks the Ryanair pilot. An alternative that will never actually be provided, perhaps also exploiting the emotional impact on the cockpit.
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The transcription
09:30:49 control towerI want to Ryanair, which in Minsk.
The ball: Yes, go ahead.
Torre: For your information, we have information from special services that you have a bomb on board that can be set off on Vilnius.
09:31:17 The ball: Could you repeat the message?
Torre: We have information from special services that you have a bomb on board. That bomb can be triggered on Vilnius.
The ball: Got it, please wait.
09:31:42 Torre: Ryanair flight for safety reasons we recommend that you land at UMMS (Minsk, ed).
The ball: Ok … got it, give us an alternative please.
09:32:59 The ball: The bomb … the direct message, where did it come from? Where did you get the information about it?
Torre: Please wait (…) Airport security has informed us that they have received an email.
The ball: The security officers of the airport of Vilnius or of Greece?
Torre: It is an e-mail shared with several airports.
09:34:49 The ball: Could you give us the frequency of the company (incomprehensible) in order to be able to (incomprehensible).
Torre: Repeat which frequency you need.
The ball: We just need to get in touch with the company’s operations, if there is a frequency for that (incomprehensible).
09:41:58 The ball: Again, this advice to deviate in Minsk where does it come from? From the company? Does it come from the departure airport authorities or the arrival airport authorities?
Torre: This is our advice.
The ball: Can you repeat?
Torre: This is our advice.
The ball: (incomprehensible) Did you say it’s your advice?
Torre: Charlie-Charlie (which in slang means “correct, yes”, ed).
09:44:52 The ball: You have to answer me the question of what the code is (incomprehensible)?
Torre: Please wait.
09:45:09 Torre: Ryanair flight, they say the code is red.
The ball: Received, in this case we ask you to maintain your current position.
09:47:12 The ball: Ryanair flight here, we are declaring a MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY emergency. Our intention would be to divert to the Minsk airport.
Torre: Ryanair MAYDAY flight received. Wait for the directions.
09:52:29 Torre: Ryanair flight, warn passengers on board and if there are any dangerous objects on board.
The ball: There are no dangerous objects.
09:54:45 The ball: There are 133 people on board (of which 126 passengers, ed).
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The Minsk version
At 10:15 am (1:15 pm local time, 11:15 am in Italy) on Sunday 23 May the Boeing 737 lands in Minsk. In the transcripts there is no mention of the presence of a Mig-29 interceptor whose presence was confirmed by the staff of the president-dictator Lukashenko. The Belarusian authorities claim that on Sunday a message was sent to the mailbox of the Minsk airport “[email protected] from the protonmail.com domain” written in English with the following content: “We, the soldiers of Hamas, we demand that Israel cease fire in the Gaza Strip. We demand that the European Union renounce its support for Israel in this war. It is known that the participants of the Delphi Economic Forum (which took place however from 10 to 15 May, ed) are returning home on flight FR4978. A bomb was placed on this plane. If you do not satisfy our requests, the bomb will explode on May 23 over Vilnius ».
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