Several reports say a Ryanair flight from Greece to Germany experiences a window failure mid-flight, leaving a passenger partly outside the aircraft’s cabin window. The accounts describe the window as “detached” or “dislodged” and breaking during the journey en route to Germany from Greece, with witnesses saying a noise like a tyre bursting preceded the incident. One passenger is reported to have had his head and shoulders outside the window while still restrained by his seat belt, or not fully detached from his seat. Other passengers pull him back inside to prevent him from being sucked further out as the cabin depressurises. Authorities report the 61-year-old Serbian man is hospitalised with friction burns but is otherwise in good condition. Multiple outlets also report that U.S. aviation safety investigators take over the investigation into the cause of the window detachment and the circumstances surrounding the cabin breach, and that the aircraft route and details are under review. The reports consistently attribute the incident to a window dislodging or shattering rather than to deliberate action by the passenger.
Man partly sucked out of dislodged window on Ryanair flight to Germany
Several reports say a Ryanair flight from Greece to Germany experiences a window failure mid-flight, leaving a passenger partly outside the aircraft’s cabin window. The accounts describe the window as...
- A Ryanair flight from Greece to Germany experiences a window failure mid-air.
- Witnesses describe the cabin window as dislodged/detached or shattering, with a noise heard before the breach.
- A passenger has his head and shoulders partly outside the window; other passengers help pull him back into the cabin.
- The passenger is hospitalised with friction burns but is reported to be otherwise in good condition.
- U.S. aviation safety investigators are reported to take over the investigation into the incident.
U.S. aviation safety investigators have taken over the investigation into what caused a window to dislodge on a Ryanair flight from Greece to Germany on July 10
1 month agoMan remains in hospital and is believed to be unable to speak following freak incident
1 month agoThe 61-year-old passenger, who was not identified by name, suffered neck and shoulder injuries and friction burns, according to a Greek hospital official.
1 month agoThe man's head and shoulders were reportedly outside the Boeing 737's window before passengers on the Ryanair flight were able to pull him back in.
1 month agoA man who was partially sucked out of a dislodged window on a flight from Greece to Germany was pulled back inside the aircraft by passengers, witnesses say.
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