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A Belarusian Belavia Airlines’ passenger plane, which was conducting a flight from the Ukrainian capital city of Kiev to the Belarusian capital city of Minsk, on Friday was forced to return to the Kiev airport, reported Tutby news portal of Belarus.

“Fifty kilometers from entering the airspace of Belarus, the captain of the plane received an instruction, from the dispatcher of the ‘Kiev’ Air Traffic Department, to immediately return to the flight airport, without any explanation. They also informed that in case of failure to comply with the instruction, fighter planes would be taken to the air. The captain of the plane carried out the instruction he received,” informed the press service of Belavia Airlines.

The plane landed in Kiev. Ukrainian law enforcers brought down a passenger from on the plane, who was an Armenian citizen.

The Belarusian air carrier states that, afterwards, the Ukrainian law enforcement officers released this passenger. Later, he flew to Minsk on board another Belavia Airlines flight.

Sevodnya.ru newspaper, citing a passenger of the flight, informed that the surname of this man, who was taken out of the said plane, was Martirosyan. 

“They announced to us that he is a staff member of the security service of Ukraine, and that he is suspected of [committing] crimes,” added the passenger.

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