RAF fighter jets are escorting a Pakistan Interntional Airlines

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RAF fighter jets are escorting a Pakistan Interntional Airlines aircraft from Manchester to Stansted Airport.
The airline has confirmed it is for security reasons. There are understood to be 297 passengers on board.

The plane was heading west towards Manchester when it was suddenly re-routed near York and headed back out to the North Sea, before travelling south to Stansted.

It has now landed at the airport.

Fighter Jets Escorting Passenger Plane To Stansted

in development, could be nothing.

 

[Icarus]

The fudge? Keep us updated on this, will you?

 

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Typhoon jet diverts PIA flight - ITV News

 

[JanjaWeed]

BBC News - RAF jets scrambled after incident

RAF Typhoon jets have been launched to investigate an incident involving a civilian aircraft in UK airspace, the Ministry of Defence has said.

Reports said the aircraft was a Pakistani passenger plane which had been diverted from Manchester to Stansted Airport.

Britain scrambles fighter jets to escort Pakistani passenger plane | Reuters

(Reuters) - Britain scrambled fighter jets on Friday to escort a Pakistani International Airlines plane carrying 297 passengers from Lahore after it was diverted from Manchester, a spokesman for the Defence Ministry said.

 

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An Essex Police spokeswoman said: "An incident has occurred on an aircraft. Police and partners are responding."

Fighter Jets Scrambled To Passenger Plane

 

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Last time a PIA plane was intercepted was in 2001 in Russia

 

[lightoftruth]

297 passengers on board .some incident happened in PIA flight resulting raf planes escorting it to another airport.

 

[flamer84]

Hope nothing bad happens to innocent passengers or the crew

UPDATE: watching it on CNN,aparently no connection to terrorist threat.

UPDATE 2:plane landed at Stansted airport. Police:An "incident" occured on board

 

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The airline does not have contact with the pilot, it has told Sky News.

Sky correspondent Alastair Bunkall said: "It is potentially precautionary, it doesn't necessarily mean there is a direct or real treat. Sometimes this might happen simply because of an incident on board involving a single passenger.

"It would be wrong at the moment to draw any conclusions but an incident nonetheless that the military feel is necessary to carry out this operation to make sure that plane lands safely at Stansted Airport."

Fighter Jets Scrambled To Passenger Plane

 

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police went on board and arrested two men on suspicion of endangering an aircraft.

UK fighters escort Pakistan plane to airport, two arrests | Reuters

Looks like it's nothing serious.

 

[KingMamba]

Seems some idiots were fighting on board and the pilot panicked and called help or is it part of protocol to call for assistance for any incident nowadays?

 

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UK fighters escort Pakistan plane to airport, two arrests | Reuters

Looks like it's nothing serious.

The men were with their families... and threatened the crew...

 

[Amaa'n]

I am in my village and just saw the news keep me updated plzzxx

 

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The men were with their families... and threatened the crew...

Well i meant serious as in bombs, hostages, hijacking etc...