The pilot of the Ryanair passenger aircraft that was diverted to lank in Minsk, Belarus, was put under covert but “considerable pressure,” Michael O’Leary, the CEO of the Irish airline said on Tuesday. Ryanair Flight 4978 was on its way to Vilnius, Lithuania, from Athens, Greece, when it was alerted to a bomb threat and diverted to the Belarusian capital on May 23. According to Belarus’s presidential press service, President Alexander Lukashenko personally ordered that a MiG-29 fighter jet accompany the plane, which was carrying opposition figure Raman Pratasevich, to the airport in Minsk. Pratasevich, 26, and his girlfriend, 23-year-old Russian student Sofia Sapega, were arrested in Minsk after their landing. Three other passengers also didn’t return to the flight when it was eventually allowed to leave for Vilnius after eight hours. Speaking to the Transport Committee in the UK’s Parliament, O’Leary said that he sees this incident as “a state-sponsored hijacking.” “There’s no other …