Emergency landing of a Ryanair flight after dozens of passengers suddenly became ill

A Ryanair flight from Dublin to the Croatian city of Zadar was hijacked at Frankfurt-Hahn airport in Germany on Friday night to Saturday, a spokesman for the German Federal Police said. 30 passengers were taken to a local hospital after feeling bad during the flight. "The passengers complained that they had headaches and ears and that they were nauseated," said the police spokesman. 189 passengers

The paramedics took the sick passengers to the hospital while the others spent the night at the airport.

What happened on board the plane was not immediately clear, but an investigation was triggered, added a police spokesman.