A Ryanair plane
The incident occurred around 20:00 on Sunday (Image: PA)

A. ryanair Flight was forced make an emergency landing -most London Stansted after a passenger died on board.

Chaos broke out on the flight from Albania’s capital Tirana to Manchester Airport on Sunday evening, when a man suffered a “medical emergency” in the air.

Paramedics, police and air ambulance met the plane, which was directed to the capital.

Nothing could be done to save the unidentified person and it was determined that the man died at the scene.

An eyewitness said the victim began ‘having convulsions’ before being taken out into the corridor. Manchester Evening News reported.

They said that as soon as the incident occurred, many passengers who received first aid training took action.

‘He stopped breathing and everything turned into chaos,’ they said.

‘A few of us with first aid training rushed to help and started CPR with the defibrillator set up.’

Metro Contacted Ryanair for comment.

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