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A Serbian passenger was injured after nearly being sucked out of a cabin window in mid-air on a Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen. Ryanair flight FR1879, operated by a Boeing 737-800, turned back shortly after departure after part of a damaged engine detached and struck a cabin window, causing it to shatter and partially sucking out part of the passenger. The injured 61-year-old passenger was taken to Thessaloniki's AHEPA Hospital after the aircraft landed safely. He is expected to undergo a CT scan to determine whether he sustained any fractures. Witnesses said the man was left hanging head first out of the window as far as his shoulders for several minutes, before other passengers on the flight managed to pull him back inside. They noted that a loud bang was heard followed by the window breaking and oxygen masks falling from the ceiling shortly after the B737 had taken off. They believe the window was smashed by pieces of the jet's engine - although Ryanair has not commented on this.
In a statement, Ryanair said its Friday morning flight from the Greek city of Thessaloniki to Germany's Memmingen returned "shortly after take-off when a passenger window dislodged inflight". It continued, "The aircraft landed normally and passengers returned to the terminal. One passenger requested and received medical assistance on the ground in Thessaloniki".
Gosh. Glad he is ok and wishing him a speedy recovery.
ReplyDeleteWhat a horror story.
ReplyDeleteOn the bright side, I am sure once he recuperates, he won't have to fly Ryanair or any other budget airline anymore, after Ryanair compensates him for the trauma
That's a little glib..
DeleteIt must have been very scary. One can see on Flight radar that it got up to 16,200F whilst circling before returning to Thessaloniki.
ReplyDeleteTrue horror story.
ReplyDelete"...lleging that the damaged window gave way and that part of the passenger's body was pulled outside the aircraft before he was restrained by his wife."
I can only think of his head being puled outside as it is the closest to the window.
Is Ryanair going to make their well known sarsactic jokes here as well? Something like..."For 19.99 only you get unique experience - no window sightseeing from over 5000 m high".
Or what do you expect from 19.99?
Not to be pulled outside the window especially on 5000m.
You do realise Ryanair has an outstanding safety record? So your comment is both ignorant and crass.
DeleteSay it to the person who finished in hospital.
DeletePoor guy, I am sure he is convinced now in FR outstanding safety record.
Delete...had* an outstanding safety record...
Delete^ Actually it does as it has zero crashes despite operating thousands of flights every day.
DeleteFor decades!
@13:11 still does. You do realise they operate 650 aircraft and have been in operation since the 1980s?
DeleteLegacy carriers would love to have FR's safety record.
DeleteSame goes for U2 and W6.
I don't think he will pay for a window seat ever again! 😂
ReplyDeleteLOL, that is so true! So glad everything turned out OK.
DeleteEspecially not with Ryanair.
DeleteVery similar incident happened to Southwest Airlines. Lady died in that. So this person is very fortunate to have survived, could have been a tragedy, especially if plane was at higher altitude.
ReplyDeleteThe window broke due to an uncountained engine failure. So he is extremely lucky that a piece of engine that came flying only broke the window instead of hitting him.
DeleteBoeing :(
ReplyDeleteIf incident is same as southwest Airlines incident, then it's likely an engine issue.
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