Britain’s Ministry of Defence on Friday scrambled an RAF fighter jet to escort a Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane in UK airspace after police said an incident occurred on the flight which was carrying 297 passengers.
A British fighter jet was launched to divert a civilian plane carrying nearly 300 passengers from Lahore, Pakistan to England after an incident on board, British officials said Friday.
A British security source said early indications suggested that the aircraft plane diverted from Manchester to Stansted Airport was not the subject of a terror attack.
Police have since arrested two men who were on the plane on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft.
Mark Davison, press officer at Stansted Airport, confirmed that the plane had landed safely and is on an isolated runway. The rest of the airport was operating as normal, he said.
Pakistan International Airlines confirmed that its Flight P709 travelling from Lahore to Manchester was involved.
Essex Police confirmed that “an incident has occurred” on the plane and that police and partners are responding.
source: www.france24.com
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