A British pensioner has died on a flight to Portugal of a suspected heart attack.
The 71-year-old man was found unconscious onboard the TAP Air Portugal flight from London to Lisbon.
Following the discovery, the plane then made an emergency landing in Spain, touching down at Santiago de Compostela Airport in country's northwestern Galicia region.
Airport staff had already contacted emergency services and paramedics rushed to the scene, the Mirror reports.
After the plane landed, first responders attempted to revive the passenger, but he was sadly pronounced dead at around 9.30pm on Friday (May 6).
His initials were given as I.S.Y., however no further details about him have been reported.
The UK Foreign Office has been contacted for further information.
It comes after another flight bringing Brits back from Spain was forced to divert to France after a passenger suffered a medical emergency last week.
Jet2 flight LS134 departed Malaga at 11.55am last Thursday (May 5) heading to Glasgow Airport, where it was scheduled to land at 2.25pm before crew declared the mid-air emergency.
A 'Squawk 7700' emergency was issued over the Bay of Biscay near the city of Lorient, with the plane descending quickly, before landing at Nantes Atlantique Airport just after 12.20pm.
Flight tracking site Flightradar24 showed the emergency call was issued around two hours into the flight.
The emergency prompted the plane to descend from a cruising altitude of 36,000 ft to just 4,000 ft in around 13 minutes.
While an easyJet flight from Belfast to Alicante was forced to divert to France due to a medical emergency after a passenger also required urgent assistance.
The easyJet flight left Belfast International Airport on Tuesday (May 3), but was forced to land in Brest, after a passenger became unwell and needed medical help.
Once the plane landed at the airport in France, the passenger requiring medical assistance was met by paramedics.
Passengers were made to wait around two hours before setting off again to their original destination Alicante.
Although the condition of the passenger seeking medical help is not known, easyJet has said that the wellbeing of its customers and crew are of its highest priority.
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