The plane was flying to Manchester from Alicante
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A plane heading for Manchester was forced to make an emergency landing in Spain because of an electrical fault.
The Britannia Airways Boeing 757, with more than 200 passengers on board, was diverted to Barcelona just after 2000 BST on Tuesday.
It landed safely and travellers were taken to local hotels for the night.
The jet had set out from Alicante and was due to land at Manchester Airport.
A Britannia spokesman said engineers were looking at the problem, which was spotted on the flight deck.
"Passengers will either be flown home in the same aircraft or we are looking at sending another plane out to Barcelona to pick them up," he said.
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