A holiday flight from Liverpool to Tenerife was diverted tonight as a result of a 'troublesome' passenger.
According to Spanish air traffic controllers, the plane was a Ryanair service to the Canary island.
Full details have yet to emerge but the problem on board was sufficiently serious enough for the police to be called.
Controllers said the crew raised the alert yesterday evening.
The aircraft was a Ryanair Boeing 737. No further details have yet been given as to the nature of the incident (Pictured, stock image of a Ryanair Boeing 737)
The aircraft made an emergency landing at Santiago on the Spanish mainland (Pictured, Santiago de Compostela Airport)
They reported: 'The crew of a flight from Liverpool to Tenerife south have contacted us about a conflictive passenger on board and have had to divert to Santiago de Compostela.