Live: Statement after RAF jets escort plane over UK

A statement is being made after RAF Typhoon jets were launched to escort a passenger plane travelling from Pakistan to the UK, police have said.

Officers boarded Pakistan International Airlines flight PK709, which had been due to land at Manchester, after it was diverted to Stansted Airport.

Two men are being held on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft, Essex Police said.

Stansted Airport said nobody on board had been hurt.