A Ryanair flight to Manchester was forced to make an emergency landing in London after a passenger suffered a medical emergency mid-air and later died onboard. Flight RK8293 from Tirana, Albania to Manchester touched down at Stansted Airport on Sunday evening (10 November) after “chaos” erupted in the cabin.

Mid-flight, a passenger began 'having convulsions', prompting the flight to make an emergency landing in London Stansted Airport shortly before 8p.m. Soon after landing in London, medics and ambulance crews arrived,

A Ryanair flight en route to Manchester Airport from Albania's Tirana made an emergency landing at London Stansted on Sunday after a passenger died onboard, media reports said.

Emergency crews met the aircraft after landing at London Stansted and were joined by police, paramedics and an air ambulance - but the man was pronounced dead at the scene

A man tragically died on board a flight to Manchester on Sunday night (November 10). The Ryanair flight from Tirana to Manchester Airport was forced to suddenly divert to London Stansted due to the medical emergency on board.

The plane was flying from Tirana to Manchester Airport on Sunday evening but had to suddenly divert to London Stansted.