LONDON: Britain launched fighter jets on Friday to escort a Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying 308 passengers from Lahore after it was diverted from Manchester, a spokesman for the Defence Ministry said.
Flight PK709 from the city of Lahore in Pakistan was due to land at Manchester Airport in north west England at 1230 GMT. The plane was diverted to Stansted airport, east of central London, according to a Manchester Airport spokesman.
Essex Police, who are responsible for the area where Stansted is located, said an incident had occurred on a flight and they were investigating.
The plane was surrounded by British fighter jets in mid-air due to bomb alert.
British police captured two doubtful passengers from Pakistani flight PK-709 for further investigations.
The news comes two days after a soldier was hacked to death on a London street in an incident the government are treating as a terrorist incident.
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