'Everything went into chaos': Horror on Ryanair flight to Manchester as passenger dies

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There was 'chaos' on a Ryanair flight to Manchester after a man suffered a medical emergency mid-air and later died on board.

The flight, from Tirana to Manchester Airport, was forced to suddenly divert to London Stansted due to the medical emergency on Sunday evening (November 10).

An air ambulance, airport fire crews and medics surrounded the aircraft after landing. Despite the best efforts of emergency crews, the man was pronounced dead at the scene. READ MORE Beloved Manchester 'pioneer', 38, dies as coroner issues urgent warning One passenger on board told of the horrific scenes that unfolded during the flight, as the man started 'having convulsions' before he was moved to the aisle and CPR was commenced. "He stopped breathing and everything went into chaos," they said. "A few of us with first aid training jumped in to help and started CPR while the defibrillator was set. "Two air crew members and three passengers manged to keep doing CPR as instructed by the defibrillator for 25 minutes when we finally landed in emergency in London.

The paramedics continued for another 30 minutes when we were all instructed to leave the plane. "After about another hour, the ambulance was still there but we boarded again with a new air crew to continue the trip to Manchester, without the man and his friends.