Two held after RAF jet escorts plane into UK

Two men were yesterday being questioned by police after a passenger plane was diverted from Manchester to Stansted Airport.

They were held on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an RAF Typhoon jet was scrambled to escort the plane which was travelling to the UK from Pakistan.

Officers boarded Pakistan International Airlines flight PK709 and removed two men aged 30 and 41 from the plane. Early indications were that there was a fight on board and the incident was not terrorism-related.