[ummwhat]

Hold up. Downed a plane is different from grounded a plane. I don't know the Belarusian case, but either you misused the word or they are very different.

[alternatetwo]

They forced the plane to land in Belarus by threatening it with fighter jets while it was nearly out of their airspace.

IIRC they pretended there was a bomb threat or some other nonsense.

[hoseja]

"Downed" is usually understood as "shot down".

[PoignardAzur]

Grounded a plane, yes, sorry. I meant they forced it to land (in the US case, by having neighboring countries close their airspace mid-flight).