BREAKING A Jet2 flight to Manchester has just been escorted by RAF Typhoons to London Stansted due to a bomb threat

A jet2 flight from Dalaman to Manchester diverted to London Stansted due to a bomb threat.

Jet2 flight #LS922 departed from Dalaman in Turkey to Manchester.

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• UPDATE The aircraft is taxiing to the terminal, end of incident.
• UPDATE Dozens of emergency vehicles are waiting at Stansted Airport.
  

  Emergency services waiting at Stansted Airport this evening pic.twitter.com/79F0eHLRHJ

  — Palf (@JackPalfreman) October 12, 2022

• UPDATE First picture from the scene. The Jet2 A321 is being inspected by police in a remote area at London Stansted.
  
• UPDATE Jet2 confirmed AIRLIVE that flight LS922 from Dalaman to Manchester diverted to London Stansted this evening under the direction of UK Air Traffic Control.
• UPDATE The airliner landed at 21.22 local time and is now parked in a remote area at London Stansted.

Two RAF Typhoons were scrambled from RAF Coningsby to intercept the Airbus A321-200 (reg. G-HLYB) North of London on its way to Manchester.

Flight operations were halted during landing.

A tanker has took off from RAF Brize Norton to support the fighter jets.