RAF scramble two Typhoons to intercept Jet 2 aircraft due to disruptive passenger

RAF scrambles two Typhoons to intercept Jet 2 aircraft minutes after leaving Stansted amid reports there was a ‘disruptive passenger’ on board

  • Two RAF Typhoons from RAF Conginsby intercepted a Jet 2 passenger jet
  • The Quick Reaction Alert was launched amid reports of a disruptive passenger
  • The RAF jets escorted the Jet 2 aircraft back to Stansted Airport 
  • A 25-year-old woman was arrested after the jet touched down at Stansted 

Two RAF Typhoon fighters intercepted a Jet 2 aircraft over Essex to escort the airline back to Stansted Airport. 

The Quick Reaction Alert caused sonic booms across the east coast as the pair of supersonic fighter raced south from RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire. 

The alert was launched following reports of a disruptive passenger on board the Jet 2 aircraft which had just departed Stansted Airport. 

The RAF Typhoon, pictured here during an interception over the Baltic launched from RAF Coningsby as a Quick Response Alert. The two fighters escorted the Jet 2 aircraft to Stansted

 Police across Essex received numerous 999 calls reporting an explosion, but the noise was believed to be the two RAF fast jets breaking the sound barrier as they raced to intercept the passenger aircraft. 

The incident happened around 6.45pm and caused some delays at Stansted Airport.  

A 25-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of two assaults and endangering an aircraft.  

People as far as 20 miles from Stansted Airport heard the sonic boom caused by the RAF Typhoons. 

It is understood the jets refueled mid-air before returning to RAF Coningsby. 

Stansted Airport told MailOnline that the alert followed reports of a disruptive passenger on board a Jet 2 aircraft which had just took off en-route to Dalaman, Turkey. 

The RAF jets intercepted the airline and escorted it back to Stansted where the passenger was arrested. 

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