A passenger is severely injured after a window breaks during a Ryanair flight, and the airline’s chief executive disputes how the event is described. In July, the incident involves a passenger identified as Ljubisa Karović, 61, on a flight from Greece to Germany. Reports say he is badly hurt when the window beside him shatters midflight.
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary says the company will “dispute” that any part of the passenger’s body was sucked outside the aircraft. However, he acknowledges the passenger was “certainly sucked towards the window,” which some outlets frame as a partial confirmation of the general direction of the suction while challenging the more extreme interpretation. Investigators in the US, including the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), are examining the circumstances of the flight and the injury.
Coverage differs primarily in how closely it repeats the passenger’s account versus O’Leary’s clarifications. Some outlets highlight the dispute and the exact phrasing used by O’Leary, while others add commentary about his outspoken style.
