[ernesth]

> when landed they arrested a wanted man once he was on their soil.

Did he get on their soil though? Usually, you stay in the international zone when between flights, so, here, the passengers should not have entered Belarus. Do we know what happened in the airport?

[monocasa]

The international zone is a individual national concept to simplify their customs ingress at that country's discretion. All countries have the right to ignore it if they see fit, such as law enforcement actions.

[elliekelly]

I suspect this is why a “bomb” is a convenient cover story for the government. They can force everyone off the plane rather than having to extract a single passenger.

[iso1210]

If I land on a plane in America, shoot someone before I clear immigration, then depart, does that mean I can't be arrested?

[sigzero]

No, it does not.

[trhway]

>Did he get on their soil though? Usually, you stay in the international zone when between flights

for example, when US agents capture people outside US and load them on a plane to bring in to US they actually formally arrest and charge them only when the plane enters US airspace.