Earlier this week, the Eastern European country Belarus stopped a plane travelling from Greece to Lithuania. While on the ground they took and arrested two of the passengers. This episode of Thinking in English will look at what happened, why Belarus took this action, and what some of the potential consequences could be for the country!

TRANSCRIPT -- https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/05/26/80-why-did-belarus-hijack-a-plane-english-vocabulary-lesson/

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Vocabulary List
Aboard (adv, preposition) - on or onto a ship, aircraft, bus or train
The flight attendant welcomed us aboard
To escort (v) - to go with a person or vehicle, especially to make certain that he, she, or it leaves or arrives safely
Security guards escorted the intruders from the building
To hijack (v) - to take control of an aircraft or other vehicle during a journey, especially using violence
Two men hijacked a jet travelling to Paris
Fraudulently (adv) - in a way that intends to deceive by doing something dishonest and illegal
Someone has been fraudulently using my name
Exile (n) - the condition of someone being sent or kept away from their own country, village, etc., especially for political reasons
The king went into exile because of the political situation in his country
Repression (n) - the use of force or violence to control a group of people
The political repression in this country is enforced by terror
Dissident (n) - a person who publicly disagrees with and criticizes their government
The government has been repressing political dissidents
To divert (v) - to cause something or someone to change direction
Our flight has to be diverted to Newark because of the storm

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