[jomnasi]

Did not a similar incident happen when a plane from Bolivia was forced to land in Austria after possible orders by the US in a search for Ed Snowden?

[coolspot]

Not just any plane, but the plane of Bolivian president!

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales_grounding_incident

[1] - https://youtu.be/-_mqzSbAPXM

[queuebert]

I, too, am curious about the contrast between these two situations. Presumably the US was truthful about the reason for the diversion, while Belarus apparently lied.