Panic on Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki as debris shatters window, injures passenger
A passenger was partially pulled from the window and four travelers were taken to hospital after the crew turned back and sent a replacement jet.
- On Friday, July 10, 2026, a Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki, Greece, to Memmingen, Germany, returned to Thessaloniki after an engine failure caused a passenger window to detach mid-flight.
- Greek media reported that debris from an engine detached and shattered the aircraft's window over North Macedonia, forcing the Boeing 737-800 to abort its route.
- One passenger told Radio Thessaloniki, "Most of us had fallen asleep; there was a noise, like a tyre bursting," while fellow travelers pulled a man back inside the cabin.
- Four passengers were transported to the hospital for medical checks, with one Serbian tourist hospitalized for friction burns, while the airline arranged a replacement aircraft for Memmingen.
- Aviation authorities are conducting an investigation into the engine failure, though officials confirmed there was no crack or structural breach in the fuselage of the aircraft.
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The incident took place on a Ryanair flight linking Thessaloniki, Greece, and Memmingen, Germany, on Friday, 10 July.
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A Ryanair flight from Greece to Germany had to return to the airport after a cabin window detached in mid-air. A 60-year-old male passenger was nearly sucked out of the plane, but luckily other passengers pulled him back.
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