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!

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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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80. Why did Belarus “Hijack” a Plane? (English Vocabulary Lesson)