i would condemn the british policy. soldiers have been taken to war, knowing full well that war is a violent in practice and people get killed in war. soldiers are in full knowledge that they could get killed. so britain is the one who is responsible. the government. and i believe all of us of the public, we are responsible. we should condemn ourselves. why did we not do enough to stop the wars. you wouldn t condemn his actions? only the cause of this, aggressor, the occupier. the british government, the british troops. but this young soldier, lee rigby, who paid the price for such extremism. cnn understand spies at the british security service were aware of adebolajo and his accomplice, but there was
okay. just getting curiouser now. bits and pieces of information about the pakistani airliner, which is now being escorted to another airport, within uk air space, in fact, a british fighter jet actually, let me start at the beginning. pakistani airliner toou due to land at manchester airport. but apparently something on board happened on that plane. the plane being escorted by a british fighter jet and supposed to land in stanstead airport. that s also in britain. we got this statement today from the uk ministry of defense. and i ll read it to you, because i m not going to parse it until i know exactly what it means. i ll read it to you. these british fighter jets were launched today to investigate an incident involving a civilian, a within uk air space. further details will be provided when known. we have reporters going to stanstead airport in britain, and when they get there, we ll, of course, take them live and
about the pakistani airliner, diverted in british air space. we don t know why. escorted by british fighter jets and land at stanstead airport in essex. east of london, shortly. richard quest is on the way. hopefully he can gather more information for us. we ll be right back. a simple question:we went oe how old is the oldest person you ve known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who s lived well into their 90s. and that s a great thing. but even though we re living longer, one thing that hasn t changed much is the official retirement age. the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years.
in that area. so i suspect because of where it s coming from and the concentration of extremists that the coalition is battling there, that raises particular concerns for the british. fran townsend, thank you so much. we appreciate it. thanks, carol. still ahead on the newsroom, part of a busy interstate bridge collapses, and drivers plunge to the river below. we ll tell you if you are safe, next. we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you ve known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who s lived well into their 90s. and that s a great thing. but even though we re living longer, one thing that hasn t changed much is the official retirement age. the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years.
we now have a picture of the pakistani airliner, lanned at the essex airport, you see it there. i ve been telling you, this airliner escorted by a fighter jet. due to land at the manchester airport, much larger, in the central part of london. we understand there was some sort of incident on the plane. nik robertson on the way to the stansted airport to give us more information. what have you found out? reporter: well, we know this is a boeing 777 aircraft from lahore to manchester, in the north of england. diverted by british fighter aircraft, back out over the sea