Ryanair's Michael O'Leary condemns 'state-sponsored piracy' after jet 'with KGB agents on board' was forced to land in Belarus and opposition blogger and his girlfriend were hauled off pleading for his life after MiG-29 'threatened to shoot plane down'
Opposition journalist Roman Protasevich, 26, was detained after flight to Lithuania was forced down at Minsk
Belarus claimed that there was a bomb threat but O'Leary poured scorn on the notion, describing it as 'state-sponsored hijacking,' adding that 'we believe there were some KGB agents offloaded at the airport as well'
Tory MP Tom Tugendhat called it 'a warlike act,' joining the British government and other Western countries who have condemned the grounding of the Boeing 737 which had more than 170 passengers on board