Ryanair Passenger Partially Sucked Out of Broken Window During Flight
One passenger received medical assistance after the cabin depressurized and the aircraft returned shortly after takeoff, Ryanair said.
- On Friday, a Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki, Greece, to Memmingen, Germany, returned to Thessaloniki shortly after takeoff when a window dislodged mid-flight, leaving one passenger requiring medical assistance.
- Local media reports indicate a piece of the engine broke off and smashed the window, causing cabin decompression on the Malta Air-operated Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
- FlightRadar24 data shows the plane turned around after about 22 minutes in the air, while Radio Thessaloniki obtained footage showing the shattered window and dangling oxygen masks.
- The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the aircraft was a Boeing 737 NG and stated it is ready to support the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority and National Transportation Safety Board in the investigation.
- This incident parallels a 2018 Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 NG accident where a fractured fan blade caused a window to break, an event that prompted regulators to require more frequent engine fan blade inspections.
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Fellow passengers pull back man partly sucked out of broken window on a flight from Greece
A passenger on board a flight from Greece to Germany was partially sucked out of a window when it broke soon after takeoff. A hospital official in northern Greece said the 61-year-old man suffered neck and shoulder injuries and friction…
Passengers heard a loud noise and the plane began to lose altitude; a passenger was injured.
A loud bang, a passenger is almost torn out of a window of a Boeing 737. Just because his wife and other travelers held him, the incident on the Ryanair flight to Memmingen did not end any worse.
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