Analysis: Pressure grows for sensitive Belarus air safety probe

FILE PHOTO: Airport personnel and security forces are seen on the tarmac in front of a Ryanair flight which was forced to land in Minsk, Belarus, May 23, 2021. Handout via REUTERS

SYDNEY/PARIS (Reuters) - Pressure is growing for an impartial safety probe into the forced landing of a Ryanair jet in Minsk, including review of the plane's black boxes - a move fraught with sensitivities over access to evidence, aviation experts said.

International condemnation of the scrambling of a fighter jet and the use of what turned out to be a false bomb alert to divert the flight to Minsk and detain a dissident Belarusian journalist has focused mainly on accusations of state-sponsored hijacking and rights violations.