Airliner escorted to Standsted by fighters

[Dukat]

http://news.sky.com/story/1095214/fighter-jets-escorting-passenger-plane-to-stansted

Uff.

 

[rynnor]

Hmm - yeah - I wonder what occurred.

 

[Dukat]

Hmm - yeah - I wonder what occurred.

Confirmed as being for security reasons - no contact with the pilot according to the Airline.

This could be a bit iffy.

 

[BloodOmen]

Good job it landed, those fighters will have had orders to destroy it had it turned towards a major population area given recent events.

 

[rynnor]

Confirmed as being for security reasons - no contact with the pilot according to the Airline.

This could be a bit iffy.

Surely if terrorists had taken the plane it wouldn't have landed?

 

[rynnor]

The pilot declared an emergency and there was some sort of 'disturbance' aboard.

 

[Raven]

Someone spilt their cup of tea.

 

[Chilly]

Someone complained how expensive the sarnies were.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Job saw a male flight attendant being gay?

 

[rynnor]

Bomb threat apparently.

 

[soze]

Good job it landed, those fighters will have had orders to destroy it had it turned towards a major population area given recent events.

I doubt they would take it to Stansted if they though it would do that. It would be a case of drop it over the ocean wouldn't it?

 

[Chilly]

I doubt they would take it to Stansted if they though it would do that. It would be a case of drop it over the ocean wouldn't it?

If they got there in time. Depends where they were when the pilot asked for help.

 

[rynnor]

If they got there in time. Depends where they were when the pilot asked for help.

He wasn't far out - last 10-20 mins of the flight.

 

[BloodOmen]

I doubt they would take it to Stansted if they though it would do that. It would be a case of drop it over the ocean wouldn't it?

I'm going to take a complete stab in the dark and say someone tried to Hijack the plane but failed or some sort of fight broke out that threatened the lives of everyone on board. Just have to wait and see what they say I guess, i'm sure more info will be released in the coming hours.

Edit: "Two men have been arrested on suspicion of 'endangerment of an aircraft'"

 

[DaGaffer]

I doubt they would take it to Stansted if they though it would do that. It would be a case of drop it over the ocean wouldn't it?

They always go to Stansted when there's a hijack threat. Its nowhere near as populated around there as Gatwick or Heathrow. There have been a few hijack scares that have landed there.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Edit: "Two men have been arrested on suspicion of 'endangerment of an aircraft'"

By current standards of "endangerment" they probably just sang whitney houston.

 

[rynnor]

They always go to Stansted when there's a hijack threat. Its nowhere near as populated around there as Gatwick or Heathrow. There have been a few hijack scares that have landed there.

It's the UKs designated anti terror airport.

 

[Raven]

Probably a couple of pissed up people thinking it was a good joke.

 

[Gumbo]

Passenger on Sky is saying that 2 men kept trying to get into the cockpit, and got uppity when they were asked not to.

 

[BloodOmen]

Passenger on Sky is saying that 2 men kept trying to get into the cockpit, and got uppity when they were asked not to.

Sounds like a failed Hijacking or 2 drunken twats just farting about.

 

[Gumbo]

My suspicion is that it will turn out to be akin to someone saying in response to the question of whether they packed their bags themselves, 'Yeah, I even put the bomb in myself, hurhurhur.' But people are taking no chances at the moment.

We shall see.

If it was a deliberate attempt to take over the plane, it seems to have been a pretty rubbish one.

 

[Hawkwind]

They always go to Stansted when there's a hijack threat. Its nowhere near as populated around there as Gatwick or Heathrow. There have been a few hijack scares that have landed there.

Some nice villages around there. Should instead go to Luton, no one would miss it.

 

[soze]

That is what had me stumped. Divert a plan which may have a bomb from Manchester to London? Not the other way around as you would expect

 

[rynnor]

That is what had me stumped. Divert a plan which may have a bomb from Manchester to London? Not the other way around as you would expect

Stanstead is no where near london - no where near anything much tbh - a plane dropping out of the sky there is more likely to hit fields.

 

[Hawkwind]

Report I read just said there was a fight and that one of them tried to get in the cockpit. Either way they will be doing a stretch in prison very soon.