2 men allegedly tried to get into the cockpit. Arrested on suspicion of endangering the aircraft. Attempted hijack in other words. Passengers spoken to were unaware of anything & they were told they weren't landing at Manchester due to the weather.
I was going to ask why they couldn't just land at Manchester - Wikipedia tells me Stansted is the preferred airport for hijacked aircraft as it's design allows planes to be isolated from the BAU operations.
Surprised more is not being made of this. I guess everyone is a bit more on edge again now but the evidence so far seems to suggest this was not your average emergancy landing.
Re Stansted it appears that the police are treating this as criminal as opposed to terrorist. Perhaps the idiots were joking that they had a bomb or such like.
Wildly speculating but I'm sure Stansted is the UK's designated airport for hijack situations?
Yes, Stansted is designated as the UK's diversionary airfield for any potential hijacking situation.
It has some unique contingencies integrated within its infrastructure that enable special forces/specialist police units to deal with an incident as pragmatically and expeditiously as possible - depending on circumstances of course.
They've gone very quiet on this. Military jets aren't scrambled for a small disturbance and if two people making threats while attempting to gain access to the cockpit isn't a terrorist incident, I don't know what is...
They've gone very quiet on this. Military jets aren't scrambled for a small disturbance and if two people making threats while attempting to gain access to the cockpit isn't a terrorist incident, I don't know what is...
Two people trying to get into the cockpit is a serious offense but cant always be classified as terrorism. For all we know they could have been very drunk and trying to play some flight simulator or something.
They've gone very quiet on this. Military jets aren't scrambled for a small disturbance and if two people making threats while attempting to gain access to the cockpit isn't a terrorist incident, I don't know what is...
Two people trying to get into the cockpit is a serious offense but cant always be classified as terrorism. For all we know they could have been very drunk and trying to play some flight simulator or something.
Do they even sell booze on Pakistani Airways? Just asking.....
They've gone very quiet on this. Military jets aren't scrambled for a small disturbance and if two people making threats while attempting to gain access to the cockpit isn't a terrorist incident, I don't know what is...
Two people trying to get into the cockpit is a serious offense but cant always be classified as terrorism. For all we know they could have been very drunk and trying to play some flight simulator or something.
Do they even sell booze on Pakistani Airways? Just asking.....
Good point, they don't provide booze, so scratch that.
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Attempted hijack in other words.
Passengers spoken to were unaware of anything & they were told they weren't landing at Manchester due to the weather.
I guess everyone is a bit more on edge again now but the evidence so far seems to suggest this was not your average emergancy landing.
http://news.sky.com/story/1095311/part-of-m6-closed-over-suspicious-vehicle
It has some unique contingencies integrated within its infrastructure that enable special forces/specialist police units to deal with an incident as pragmatically and expeditiously as possible - depending on circumstances of course.