Pictured: Two men who 'tried to get in cockpit during flight from Pakistan to Britain' as they are searched on the tarmac at Stansted
- Pakistan International Airlines passenger plane diverted to Stansted
- MoD say Typhoon jet launched to 'investigate an incident'
- Understood incident happened 10 minutes before it was due to land
- One passenger allegedly threatened to 'blow up the plane' as an argument escalated out of control
- Two British nationals arrested on suspicion of 'endangerment of an aircraft'
- Police have said the incident is being treated as a criminal offence
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RAF warplanes were scrambled to intercept an incoming flight from Pakistan yesterday amid fears of a possible hijacking.
Two Typhoon fighter jets raced through the skies to meet the Pakistan International Airlines plane following reports two men ‘tried to get into the cockpit’.
After the captain activated an emergency signal, they escorted the airliner as it was diverted from Manchester, where it had been ten minutes from landing, to Stansted airport in Essex.
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Held: Police, some wearing forensic gear, detain a man on the tarmac
Police appear to search one of the suspects by the side of the plane at Stansted
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