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Britain scrambles fighter jets to escort diverted Pakistani passenger plane

 
Published on May 24, 2013
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LONDON (REUTERS/AFP) - Britain launched fighter jets on Friday to escort a Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying 297 passengers from Lahore after it was diverted from Manchester, a spokesman for the Defence Ministry said.

“Typhoon aircraft from RAF Coningsby have been launched to investigate an incident involving an aircraft in UK airspace,” a ministry spokesman said told AFP.

Flight PK709 from the city of Lahore in Pakistan was due to land at Manchester Airport in north west England at 1230 GMT.

The plane was diverted to Stansted airport, east of central London, according to a Manchester Airport spokesman.

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