What is Ryanair Flight 4978?
'''Ryanair Flight 4978''' was an international scheduled passenger flight from [[Athens International Airport]], [[Greece]], to [[Vilnius Airport]], [[Lithuania]]. On 23 May 2021, [[explosive]]s were falsely reported on board the aircraft as it neared Lithuanian airspace.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brunner|first=Simone|date=2021-05-24|title=Niemand soll sich sicher fühlen|url=https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2021-05/belarus-roman-protasewitsch-ryanair-flug-alexander-lukaschenko|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210524110641/https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2021-05/belarus-roman-protasewitsch-ryanair-flug-alexander-lukaschenko|archive-date=2021-05-24|access-date=2021-05-24|publisher=[[Die Zeit]]|language=de}}</ref> The aircraft was forced to land by a [[Belarus]]ian [[fighter jet]] when it was over Belarusian airspace. It landed at [[Minsk National Airport]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lister |first=Tim |last2=Pavlova |first2=Olga |date=23 May 2021 |title=Belarus activist arrested after fighter jet intercepts his Ryanair flight |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/23/europe/belarus-activist-emergency-landing-intl/index.html}}</ref> on the orders of [[Belarusian President]] [[Alexander Lukashenko]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Plikūnė|first=Dalia|last2=Užusienytė|first2=Jogintė|title=Be opozicionieriaus ir jo draugės į Lietuvą negrįžo ir dar keturi lėktuvo keleiviai: kas jie – kol kas mįslė|url=https://www.delfi.lt/a/87268257|access-date=2021-05-24|publisher=[[Delfi (web portal)|Delfi]]|language=lt}}</ref> Once the aircraft was on the ground, two of its passengers, opposition activist and journalist [[Roman Protasevich]] and his girlfriend [[Sofia Sapega]] were arrested.<ref>{{Cite news |last=van Dorpe |first=Simon |date=23 May 2021 |title=EU blasts Belarus for ‘hijack’ of airliner and arrest of activist |work=POLITICO |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/belarus-journalist-arrest-roman-protasevich-diverted-flight-minsk/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2021-05-26|title=Human rights organizations call to rel