was"deliberately false", United Nations investigators found in a report to be delivered to the body's aviation agency on Monday .
Belarus authorities, including President Alexander Lukashenko, have maintained that the plane was diverted to Minsk because of the threat of a bomb on board. However, the investigation"was unable to attribute the commission of this act of unlawful interference to any individual or state", the report said.Belarus concealing information crucial to the investigationThe report notes that the timeline provided by Belarus about the e-mail containing the bomb threat is incorrect.
The document also reports that it took 30 minutes to clear the plane of passengers - and the pilot was allowed to stay on the aircraft - despite the supposed belief of a potential bomb on board."This report sheds light on all the inconsistencies in the Belarusian version of the facts," the French Foreign Affairs ministry said.
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