Flight had to divert to Cork Airport after man died on board

Passengers on Flight LS918 from the holiday island of Tenerife to Manchester are thought to have found the deceased man in a toilet on the plane

A Jet2 aircraft taxiing on the runway at Manchester Airport. The airline's Flight LS918 from Tenerife to Manchester on January 2 had to divert to Cork. File picture: Peter Byrne/PA 

An aircraft was forced to divert to land at Cork Airport after a passenger died on board.

The tragedy happened on Tuesday on a Jet2 plane, which was en route to Manchester from Tenerife.