The flight had been due to land in Luton…
Royal Air Force Typhoon jets have escorted a Ryanair jet to land at Stansted Airport in London.
It’s believed the flight was on its way to Luton Airport from Lithuania when it diverted to land early in Stansted.
Photos taken by onlookers show the flight being tailed by a jet over London.
We are aware of an incident at Stansted Airport. We will bring you more information when we can.
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The RAF confirmed that they’d been called to intercept the aircraft and escort it to the airport.
In a statement Stansted Airport said, “We’d like to advise you the airport is open and operating normally. Flights were briefly held earlier while an aircraft diverted in to STN.”
Despite earlier reports, London airspace has not been closed.
Ryanair said, “This flight from Kaunas to London Luton (4 Oct) diverted to London Stansted in line with procedures after Lithuanian authorities received a suspected hoax security alert.
“The aircraft landed normally at Stansted and customers will be transferred to Luton by coach when cleared to do so.”
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