British police said they arrested two men on Sunday August 30 for terrorism after arriving in London aboard a Ryanair plane escorted by fighter jets due to a " threat " to security.
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The two men, aged 34 and 48, from Kuwait and Italy respectively, were arrested by anti-terrorist police shortly after 7:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. in France) at London's Stansted Airport after a flight from Vienna, we said from the same source. According to a spokesperson for the low-cost airline Ryanair, the crew had been warned of " a potential threat to safety on board ".
" In accordance with procedures, the captain notified the British authorities and continued to London Stansted, where the aircraft landed normally ." The passengers were able to disembark " safely ". The Royal Air Force (RAF), the British air force, said two Typhoon fighter jets had been mobilized " to intercept a civilian plane ", which was " escorted to safety to Stansted ".
