Two arrested after plane alert over UK
LONDON. May 24. KAZINFORM Two people have been arrested after RAF Typhoon jets were launched to investigate an incident involving a civilian aircraft within UK airspace.
A Pakistan International Airlines plane had been diverted from Manchester to Stansted Airport, BBC reports.
Two men are being held on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft, Essex Police said.
Police said the men had been removed from the plane.
The plane, flight number PK709, reportedly left Lahore at 09:35 local time. It was due in at Manchester at 14:00 BST.
The MoD said responsibility for the incident had passed to Essex Police and the Home Office.
Pakistan International Airlines said there were 308 passengers on board, as well as 14 crew including pilots, with a mixture of Pakistani and British passport holders.
A Pakistan International Airlines spokesman Zufiqar Bijarani told CNN: "We have been told there may have been a bomb threat." But he did not say if he had anything to confirm or deny this.
Stansted Airport said on Twitter that it was operating normally.