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A number of 'packages' have been recovered from the body of a man who died on board a Dublin-bound flight last night, it is claimed.

News agencies in Ireland have revealed an autopsy on the 24-year-old Brazilian's body has been completed and the packages were sent for forensic analysis.

According to RTE News, the cause of the man's death will not be determined until these results are completed.

The Aer Lingus plane was flying from Lisbon to Dublin, but was diverted to Cork after the man "ran amok".

Reports claim the man began "biting another passenger" and was later restrained by crew after becoming "extremely violent".

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The Irish Mirror reports that Gardai later discovered two kilos of a 'powdered substance' on the Aer Lingus flight.

A woman, who gardai believe knew the dead man, was arrested and is being questioned at Togher Garda Station in Cork.

A passenger who was on board the Aer Lingus flight has told of the "very violent" scenes on the plane yesterday.

John Leonard was travelling on flight EI-485 from Lisbon to Dublin on Sunday evening, when the Brazilian man took ill and allegedly bit another passenger.

The man had to be restrained, before he fell unconscious and passed away.

The Corkman told Cork's 96fm that two nurses and a doctor tried to resuscitate the man but "his seizure seemed to get worse".

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Authorities first became aware of the incident on Sunday after Aer Lingus crew broadcast an emergency ‘Pan Pan’ message three times in quick succession and advised air traffic controllers of an incident on board the Airbus A320-200.

The crew had been in contact with controllers at the Irish Aviation Authority’s North Atlantic Communications Service centre at Ballygirreen before landing at Cork airport at around 5.40pm.

The pilot informed controllers of the situation on board and requested clearance to divert and land at the airport after the man started to become "extremely violent".

While nearing Cork airport, the crew informed controllers there was a doctor on board treating “a gentleman”, but said the man in question no longer had a pulse.

All 168 passengers and six crew members were moved off the plane and into the airport.

Airport paramedics and a HSE ambulance responded to the scene after the captain declared the incident a medical emergency mid-flight.