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Plane forced to make emergency landing over one passenger's "unbearable" body odour

The Transavia flight was forced to make an emergency landing

A plane was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger's "unbearable" body odour caused other holiday-makers around him to vomit and faint.

The Transavia flight to the Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria was forced to make an unexpected detour when travellers became distressed by the stench of a man who "smelt like he hadn't washed in weeks".

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