2 Men Arrested After Flight From Pakistan Diverted In UK Airspace

CNN.com ^ | May 24,2013 | Laura Smith-Spark, Shaan Khan, Claudia Rebaza

[Biggirl]

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.

[Biggirl]

From CNN via Drudge: "Not a terror-related incident".

[Cowboy Bob]

Maybe they were Cristians? I’ve heard they’ve been banned in the UK.

[cardinal4]

So they diverted two Pakistanis for overdue library books?

[az_gila]

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.”

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Wrong thing to say to a stewardess while flying...

[Stevenc131]

Pakistani Tea Party members no doubt. Seems there is no end to the trouble caused by those darn Tea Party guys.

[Oldexpat]

Just a test to see what the UK response would be to an inflight bomb threat from a Paki airline. Now that they know..what next?

[cardinal4]

Agreed. And I would submit “blow up the plane” constitutes terrorism..

[Jack Hydrazine]

Was there a goat involved?

[the scotsman]

Only as the main meal. With a nice garnish I understand.

[DanielRedfoot]

” I ordered the Falafel dammit!!!”

” and Hamids meal is Kosher!!!”

[bgill]

There sure have been a lot of terrifying non-terroristic incidents lately.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Biggirl.