The plane travelling from Mumbai to Newark in the US was forced to make a “precautionary landing” at Stansted Airport after Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets scrambled to intercept the plane.
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— London Stansted Airport (@STN_Airport) June 27, 2019
According to London Stansted Airport “an Air India Boeing 777 diverted into London Stansted Airport at approximately 10:155 hrs and landed safely with Essex Police in attendance.”
“It is parked on an isolated stand away from the normal airport operations,” a London Stansted Airport tweet read.
