Update on PK709 – 2 arrested at Stansted

BBC reports

 

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.

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.