Ryanair flight grounded after passenger 'tries to open emergency exit'

A Ryanair flight was forced to turn around and grounded at Manchester Airport after a passenger attempted to 'open the emergency exit mid air'.

The flight, bound for Agadir, Morocco, took off just after 9am on the morning of August 25, however was forced to divert and land back into Manchester Airport just over an hour later, according to Flight Radar 24 and Flight Aware.

The diversion was understood to have been caused by a passenger attempting to 'open the emergency exit' during the flight's journey.

It spent a mere one hour and seven minutes in the air before landing back into Manchester Airport.

Despite her attempts, the woman only managed to get the plastic covering off, while her fellow passengers desperately tried to stop her before making cabin crew onboard aware of the situation.