Jet2 plane forced to make emergency landing after passenger dies onboard

The flight was bound for the UK.

The plane, which was flying from Tenerife back to the UK, had to divert to the Spanish mainland on Friday evening after a holidaymaker reportedly suffered a fatal emergency.

According to local newspaper Diario de Avisos, flight LS676 took off from the Canary Island at 7:05pm Spanish Island at 7:05pm and was bound for the UK.

Shortly after take-off, the crew reportedly alerted air traffic control that a man on board was suffering a severe medical emergency and needed urgent attention.

The plane was forced land at Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport to get the man into the care of the emergency services.

Despite immediate treatment on hand, the man was sadly pronounced dead upon arrival on the runway.

The outlet added: "An ambulance from the Galician Health Emergency Service-061 was sent to the terminal in the Galician capital, whose medical staff confirmed the death of a man in his 70s."