US to take lead in probe into Ryanair Boeing 737 engine failure over Greece
Investigators say an engine part broke away, causing rapid cabin depressurization and injuring a 61-year-old passenger who was pulled back inside.
- On Thursday, The National Transportation Safety Board announced it is leading the investigation into a Ryanair flight from Greece where a window dislodged last week, partially sucking a passenger outside the aircraft.
- Operated by Malta Air, a Ryanair subsidiary, the Boeing 737-800 departed Thessaloniki on July 10 headed for Memmingen near Munich when the cabin lost pressure shortly after takeoff.
- A 61-year-old passenger suffered neck and shoulder injuries and friction burns; the aircraft descended from 15,000 feet to about 6,000 feet within six minutes of departure.
- After circling for roughly 30 minutes to burn fuel, the aircraft returned to Thessaloniki about an hour after takeoff; The NTSB disclosed an engine issue that Ryanair has not publicly addressed.
- Former airline captain Shye Gilad, who teaches at Georgetown University, explained that window blowouts cause rapid decompression and noted, "It's a difference maker and people should keep their seat belts fastened at all times.
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If Ljubisa had done what most people do, that is, unfasten the belt at the moment when the light signal goes out, he would have suffered a horrible death.
The break of a cabin moon, caused by the detachment of a part of the engine, forced an emergency landing in Thessaloniki after a desperate maneuver by his wife to prevent him from being fired into the void.
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tubantia.nlThe US National Security Board (NTSB) is going to investigate the Ryanair incident in July in which a Serbian passenger was sucked out of a window during a flight. Panic broke out on board the aircraft and an emergency landing had to be made.
A routine flight from Greece turned into a terrifying fight for survival
The incident occurred July 10 shortly after the Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft departed Thessaloniki, Greece, on a flight bound for Germany. According to investigators, a piece of the aircraft’s engine broke away and struck a passenger window, causing a rapid loss of cabin pressure that forced the crew to declare an emergency and divert the flight, Reuters reported.
NTSB leads probe into Ryanair’s window incident over Greece
The National Transport Safety Board (NTSB) in the US is to lead an investigation into the Ryanair incident in which a man was partially sucked out of a broken window over Greece. On July 16, 2026, the NTSB said that, although the incident occurred in Greek airspace, under the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 13 the country in which the accident occurred can delegate the investigation. “The Hellenic Air and Rail Safety Inves…
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