Ryanair flight bound for Glasgow makes emergency landing in Portugal after medical incident
The Ryanair flight was diverted (file pic)
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A Ryanair flight bound for Scotland was forced to make an emergency landing after an onboard medical incident last night.
The FR654 flight from Tenerife declared the emergency around an hour into their journey from the Spanish holiday hotspot to Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
The flight , had left the island at 7.44pm after being delayed for an hour, made the unscheduled diversion to the Humberto Delgado airport in Lisbon at around 8.40pm.
It had been due to land at Prestwick Airport, near Ayr at 10.50pm. The nature of the medical emergency is not currently known.
The Ryanair flight was diverted (file pic)
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According to Radarbox, the flight landed in Lisbon at around 9pm before continuing its journey at 11pm, with it arriving at Glasgow Prestwick Airport at around 1.45am.
A spokesperson for Ryanair said: “This flight from Tenerife to Prestwick (August 29) diverted to Lisbon after a passenger became ill onboard.
"The crew called ahead for medical assistance to meet the aircraft upon landing at Lisbon Airport. The passenger was disembarked and transported to a nearby hospital for further treatment.
"This flight continued to Glasgow (August)."
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The flight landed at Prestwick Airport in the end (file pic)
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It comes after Jet2 flight was thrown into chaos on Thursday evening after police raided a plane to deal with a "disruptive" passenger.
Passengers on board had been expecting to jet off to Dalaman in Turkey just after 4pm this afternoon. But after turmoil erupted inside the vessel, would-be flyers were forced to wait for hours on the tarmac in Manchester.
As they waited, police descended on the plane - hauling the source of the turmoil away.
The low-cost carrier said it took a "zero-tolerance approach" to the chaotic conduct - and apologised after police "offloaded" the disruptor in question.
A Jet2 spokesman said: "We can confirm that flight LS921 returned to stand earlier today (Thursday, August 29) so that police could offload a particularly disruptive passenger.
"We would like to thank the police and our crew for their handling of this matter.
"The flight departed after the passenger was removed and we would like to apologise to customers for the delay, as well as for any upset caused."