FILE PHOTO: A wing of a plane of Belavia company is seen over clouds near Minsk, Belarus, July 19, 2016. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
WARSAW (Reuters) - A Belarusian passenger plane flying from Minsk to Barcelona turned back on Wednesday, data from website Flightradar24 showed, after Poland said it may not be able to enter French airspace.
European Union leaders have directed officials to draw up new sanctions against Belarus and work out a way to ban Belarusian airlines from the bloc's skies after a Ryanair flight carrying a dissident journalist was forced to land in Minsk.
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