Breaking news:RAF jets launched to investigate unexpected diversion of Pakistan plane

aaliyahkhan1 · May 24, 2013, 5:14pm

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if all these comments are true then

ehsan · May 24, 2013, 6:12pm

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BBC News - Two held after RAF jets escort Pakistan plane over UK

waleedhbk · May 24, 2013, 6:46pm

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So all this drama was caused because a Pakistani couple decided to have a quarrel on their flight to Manchester. What the hell is wrong with Pakistani Couples? Seriously. I mean how difficult is it to restrict your Tu-Tu, Main-Main to your house? Idiots.

Aceones · May 24, 2013, 7:54pm

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authorities declared the plane clear, and it will depart for Manchester after 2 hours

ehsan · May 24, 2013, 8:13pm

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Where have all these stories of couple fight and others have come from. The news here in UK is that two British nationals both male have been arrested for endangering the flight.

ehsan · May 24, 2013, 8:14pm

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BBC News - Two held after RAF Typhoon jets escort Pakistan plane over UK

Aceones · May 24, 2013, 8:57pm

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this doesn’t say they were husband and wife as some people said here, but it gives name of one male and one female

Sohaib · May 24, 2013, 9:05pm

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what the PIA!

ehsan · May 24, 2013, 9:14pm

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Sky news reporting both are male.

Sohaib · May 24, 2013, 9:18pm

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I guess we wont know until tomorrow for confirmation

Sohaib · May 24, 2013, 11:42pm

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from a facebook post. absolutely humiliating if true.. idiotic behavior.

What really happened on Flight 709!

Pakistan International flight PK 709 with 297 passengers and 11 crew members on-board was forced to make an emergency landing at London’s Stansted Airport after suspects had allegedly threatened to bomb the plane with explosives.

A panicked stewardess alarmed Captain Nadeem Sufi, who sent a distress signal to London Area Control triggering a security alert, which led to the forced-landing of the plane in London.

The two arrested were British nationals by the name of Mohammad Shafqat and Ammara Ashraf. According to other passengers on the plane, it all started when Mohammad Shafqat and Ammara Ashraf, traveling with a number of other family members, engaged in a heated argument, which quickly spiraled out of control. Other passengers became increasingly annoyed and as a result forced the cabin crew to intervene.

When the cabin crew tried to calm the situation, the entire family thought it would be really smart to threaten the crew to blowing the plane up. Nauman Rizvi, a passenger on the flight, said that two members of the family tried to move towards the cockpit as well.

All the passengers were disembarked at Stansted Airport and nobody was hurt, an airport spokesman said. According to a statement issued by the Pakistan High Commission in London, a team of the officers was sent to Stansted Airport to provide any consular assistance to the passengers that may be required. The High Commission is keeping the authorities informed in Pakistan and is also in touch with the PIA London Office as well.

Glad that everyone is safe.** I hope PIA files a civil suit against these people. Never ceases to amaze me how some Pakistanis think that PIA belongs to their fathers just because they paid for a seat.**

The Pakistani media has been trying paint the PIA crew as the bad guys when in fact they correctly followed procedure. It were these group of uneducated, uncivilsed people who caused the problems!

teggy · May 25, 2013, 1:06am

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PIA could/should blacklist them from flying with PIA again. So that they can tell their children what NOT to do.

ehsan · May 25, 2013, 7:18am

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BBC News - Two questioned after UK plane alert

ehsan · May 26, 2013, 10:07am

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So much for husband wife fight and all other conspiracy theories.

BBC News - UK plane alert: Pair charged with endangering aircraft