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Safety agency urges EU nations to ban use of Belarus airspace
Reuters
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Credit: Reuters file photo
Credit: Reuters file photo

Europe's air safety regulator upgraded a safety warning over Belarus airspace on Wednesday, urging its 31 mainly European Union nations to instruct their airlines to avoid overflying Belarus in the wake of the forced landing of a Ryanair jet.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which oversees regional safety but lacks the authority to issue an operational ban directly, last week issued a recommendation to airlines but updated this with a new directive to governments.

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(Published 02 June 2021, 18:15 IST)