www.thecommentator.com/article/3623/figh..._in_british_airspace

More 'terrorism' fodder for the masses no doubt.

I heard there were two today, actually.

One where a plane was escorted by the RAF and another where a BA flight was grounded and passengers evacuated due to a smoking engine shortly after take-off.

There's something in the air, I reckon.

London (CNN) -- Police arrested two men Friday on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a flight from Pakistan to the United Kingdom was diverted to Stansted Airport, outside of London.
A UK fighter jet was scrambled to escort Pakistan International Airlines Flight PK709 from Lahore as it was diverted from northwestern England's Manchester Airport to Stansted.
Essex Police, who cover the area near Stansted airport, said officers had arrested the men and removed them from the plane, which had 297 passengers aboard.
Police said the incident is being treated as a criminal offense, and did not mention a terrorism angle.
Wajid Hasan, Pakistan's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, told CNN that the two passengers "got into an altercation with air stewardesses and threatened to blow up the plane."
The air stewardesses contacted the pilot, who contacted UK air traffic control authorities, who then scrambled the fighter jets, he said.

More here...

edition.cnn.com/2013/05/24/world/europe/...-diverted/?hpt=hp_t1

Threatening to blow up a plane isn't terrorism?
I doubt Whitehall will see it that way!

I can't imagine why anyone would make such a stupid comment as that, knowing the repercussions that are likely.

Can you imagine getting in a fall-out with air-line staff, making hollow threats, & the next thing you know, there's a fighter jet redirecting you and the other 296 passengers off course. It'd make you perspire a bit!

I think before jumping to conclusions one needs to analyze the situation and read between lines of the news article. Everything done or said is not related to terrorism. There are some sick minds out there who don't care about anything. I wonder what do we even expect now. music lesson

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