A holiday flight bound for Tenerife was forced to land at Manchester Airport - because there was no water for teas and coffees on board.

The Jet2 plane from Glasgow was over Cork in Ireland when the captain took the decision to divert due to a report of plumbing issues.

The jet packed with holidaymakers departed Glasgow Airport at 8.55am bound for the Canary Islands, but landed in Manchester a short time later, the Daily Record reported.

There were also reports the toilets were out of action, with no running water for the wash basins.

Jet2 confirmed the flight arrived safely at Manchester Airport, where fire crews were already standing by at the scene as a standard precautionary measure.

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A spokeswoman for the airline confirmed the diversion was the result of an issue with water for 'teas and coffee', the Daily Record reported.

She said: "There was a technical issue with water on board. There wasn't water for teas and coffees."

She added that passengers had been transferred onto another flight bound for Tenerife and were being 'well looked after'.

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The drama unfolded at around 10am on Sunday when flight LS155 flight was diverted to Manchester.

Many passengers took to social media to blast the airline for the disruption caused - although there was praise in other tweets.

One said on Twitter: "Disgusted at this. Holiday ruined before it’s even started. Sons crying, thanks."

Another tweet read: "Diverted to Manchester and now on a replacement plane bound to Tenerife Broken toilets and no running water on the first Jet2 plane apparently.

"Everyone in good humour and jet2tweets crew looking after us a treat."