Man on flight to Dublin dies after allegedly trying to bite a fellow passenger

An Aer Lingus airplane.
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A 24-year-old man died onboard an Aer Lingus flight headed to Dublin, Irish police said.

About halfway through the Sunday night flight from Lisbon, the man became agitated, RTE reports, and attempted to bite a fellow passenger. He was restrained, then became unwell and lost consciousness. The captain diverted the plane to Cork due to a "medical emergency," and the man was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.