Su AvH viene riportata una testimonianza di una passeggera (tra i commenti, quindi da prendere con le pinze):
....Cabin crew at some point started to act nervously. Then there were orders: sit down, fasten seatbelts etc Then she describes that at that point she was sure that there are technical issues as airplane started to make very aggressive movements. There was info from captain that they need to land in Minsk because of security reasons. When the landed in Minsk there was full army regiment waiting for them. Everyone went through very detailed revision including underwear with dogs. All belongings were searched in detail. One young girl (that finally was the arrested guy girlfriend) appearently tried to sneak out telling security that she is from Belarus and she could go to town by herself. Of course she did not succeed and eventually was arrested. However there was prolonged chaos out there with security trying to determine passenger list and pin point every individual. Passengers were counted multiple times back and forth.