Two arrested after UK fighter jets escort Pakistani civilian plane to London airport.

Two arrested after UK fighter jets escort Pakistani civilian plane to London airport.(RT).

The Pakistani plane, flight number PK709, was due to land at Manchester Airport in North West England at 14:00 BST but was diverted over York and escorted back out over the North Sea and down the cost to Stansted, according to spokesmen from the Ministry of Defense and Manchester Airport.

A spokesman from Stansted airport has said that the plane has landed safely and is now on an isolated runway.

Essex police have confirmed in a statement that two men have been arrested for endangering an aircraft.

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Essex police who are responsible for Stansted Airport have confirmed that there was an incident on the plane and they are investigating. But early indications from a security source are that the plane was not subject to a terror attack, Reuters reports.

The incident is believed to have happened about ten minutes before the plane was due to land in Manchester.

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) 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.

"Fighter jets are scrambled when there is a bomb threat, when there is a hijack, when the wrong transponder code is used or if an aircraft cannot communicate with the ground. Often the result is when there is an unruly passenger on board.

"What is interesting in this case is that it would appear that the aircraft was only 10 minutes from landing - these are initial reports coming in - when they decided to divert to Stansted. So to actually change a destination 10 minutes from landing would certainly imply that there was some serious incident taking place."

British media reports that the pilot was concerned about a disruptive passenger on the plane and requested air traffic control to divert to Stansted.Read the full story here.More here and here.