A man from London who was arrested after a passenger flight was escorted by RAF fighter jets to Stansted Airport has been charged with fraud reported Evening Standard.

The Ministry of Defence (UK) deployed two Typhoon fighter jets to intercept the Pakistan International Airlines flight on Tuesday afternoon after an anonymous phone call sparked a major security alert.

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight, an A330-300 aircraft wet-leased from SriLankan Airlines with a SriLankan operating crew was making its way from Lahore to Heathrow.

Police said Khalid Baqa, of Priory Road, Barking, was due to be arrested on arrival at Heathrow but was instead detained at Stansted.

The 52-year-old, a UK national, has been charged with committing fraud by false representation and has been bailed to appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on February 23.

It is not believed he had any involvement in the cause of the diversion.

The plane was accompanied by Typhoons to the Essex airport, with photos posted on Twitter showing several fire engines and a number of ambulances waiting on the ground.

An airline spokesman said UK authorities had "received some vague security threat through an anonymous phone call".

Essex Police said the incident is "not believed to be a hijack situation or terror matter".

Stansted is a designated airport for dealing with hijacks and major security alerts.

Incidents are dealt with in a remote part of the airfield to the north west of the terminal building.