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Burnie5204 24th May 2013 13:58

From Sky News


Mashood Takwar, from Pakistan International Airlines, told Sky News that 25 minutes before landing Manchester air traffic control* contacted the pilot after apparently receiving some information from British security services.

Jetblu 24th May 2013 14:01

More here.

BBC News - RAF Typhoons scrambled after Pakistan Airline incident



Fighter Jets Scrambled To Passenger Plane

mickjoebill 24th May 2013 14:06

Two men arrested
 
Channel Four reporting that two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft.

Two arrested after RAF diverts Pakistan jet to Stansted - Channel 4 News

bacp 24th May 2013 14:06

Rather amusing that the ad under this thread is for "cheap flights to Pakistan". Mmmmm, maybe not!

DaveReidUK 24th May 2013 14:20

Shouldn't laugh, I know, but the BBC News Channel has been showing a live feed from their helicopter over Stansted for the last 15 minutes, panning repeatedly across the airport and it has only just managed to home in on the aircraft's location.

barry lloyd 24th May 2013 14:24


Shouldn't laugh, I know, but the BBC News Channel has been showing a live feed from their helicopter over Stansted for the last 15 minutes, panning repeatedly across the airport and it has only just managed to home in on the aircraft's location.
I'm watching Sky and they've only just managed to find it as well. Mind you the weather's not great, but there aren't too many 777s at Stansted!

demomonkey 24th May 2013 14:26


for the last 15 minutes, panning repeatedly across the airport and it has only just managed to home in on the aircraft's location.
Probably pre-arranged protocol in case any pesky terrorists aboard are using their iPhones (other brands are available) to watch the SAS preparing to storm the aircraft. Surprise is everything... :)

Ianp83 24th May 2013 14:30

Pia being escorted by typhoons from man to stn
 
Sky news also saying "source" claims two men tried to enter the flight deck

Ianp83 24th May 2013 14:31

Pia being escorted by typhoons from man to stn
 
A witness speaking in Urdu to Pakistani station Geo TV, said that two men over 6 feet tall tried to enter the pilot's cabin.

Essex Police have confirmed that two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after the plane landed safely at Stansted.

Dak Man 24th May 2013 14:34

Maybe it was the crew trying to get back into the cockpit after a kip in J class..........

Flightmech 24th May 2013 14:42

Looks like the RH gear went off road as it taxied into the stand too:E or a wide heavy vehicle.

Piltdown Man 24th May 2013 14:52


Stansted is the airport of choice for the UK government to divert aircraft...
...because you don't want incidents like this buggering up BA and the like at Heathrow or Gatwick. Far better fouling up RYR and EZY operations.

skydiver69 24th May 2013 15:13

A BBC reporter just said that the pilot 'hit the panic button.' I've now got a vision in my head of two big red buttons in the cockpit with the words PANIC and DON'T PANIC written on them.

BOAC 24th May 2013 15:15

Surely it would be PANIC and CANCEL PANIC? Alternatively, just a PUSH TO PANIC (guarded) switch?

angels 24th May 2013 15:18

Dak Man - :ok:

Piltdown, it's been explained that STN is the English airport of choice because ops can carry on and the staff there have been especially trained/briefed on what to do.

Do you really think the security services have decided to send potentially dodgy aircraft to STN just to bugger MoL off?

I think it's all rather sensible.

Dak Man 24th May 2013 15:23

Semantics perhaps but shouldn't the crew have squawked 7500 and not 7700 as reported, or am I out of date on ICE codes?

Shaggy Sheep Driver 24th May 2013 15:33

7500 = hijack. 7700 = emergency.

So as far as can be ascertained, they used the correct one.

Dak Man 24th May 2013 15:43

Semantics again but IIRC 7500 is Interference not hijack, (7600 Comms, 7700 Emergency).

Basil 24th May 2013 15:44

What is it with these cnuts? We'd an incident on the approach to Kuwait when a passenger started standing up and shouting abuse at other pax. CC managed to get him seated before landing and I asked for police to meet us and arrest the guy whom, at that time, I guessed was an ethnically European Christian having a go at the locals.

By and by I suggested to the Chief of Police that a night in the cooler to teach him some manners might be in order but the Chief was reluctant to comply. Due mainly to curiosity I asked to see the man's passport. the Chief passed it to me and it was British but with an Arabic name; clearly an Islamic convert. Now that all was clear I just asked the Chief to hang onto him long enough for my crew to leave the airport which he obligingly did.

Upon our return for departure, our Kuwaiti agent said: "You know why they wouldn't arrest that man? He is Muslim convert."
NSS!

jackieofalltrades 24th May 2013 17:20


Semantics again but IIRC 7500 is Interference not hijack, (7600 Comms, 7700 Emergency).
Actually 7500 by definition is Hi-Jacking.

See Section 2.6 of ENR 1.6


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