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As government and aviation industry leaders denounced the May 23 forced landing of Ryanair Flight 4978 in Minsk, Belarus, and cautioned airliners to avoid Belarusian airspace, the 36-member Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) scheduled an urgent meeting Thursday to discuss the incident.