U.S. and European officials said they are coordinating sanctions against Belarus after its authorities arrested a prominent opposition journalist from a plane diverted to the country with a bomb alert on Monday. The flight, from Irish budget airline Ryanair, was on its way to Vilnius, Lithuania from Athens, Greece, when Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered a fighter jet to escort it to land in Minsk. Raman Pratasevich, the co-founder of the Telegram messaging app’s Nexta channel, was arrested after the plane landed and is facing charges that could carry a prison sentence of up to 15 years. Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary described the incident as a first for a European airline and as a “state-sponsored hijack.” Speaking to Irish radio station Newstalk, O’Leary said it was clear that “the intent of the Russian [sic] authorities was to remove a journalist and his travelling companion,” and that he believes some “KGB agents” were also offloaded from the …