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A passenger on a Ryanair flight was reportedly nearly sucked out of a broken window in midair on Friday morning.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred on Flight 1879 from Thessaloniki, Greece, to Memmingen, Germany, after a piece of debris came off one of the airliner’s engines and broke the window shortly after takeoff, Greek media outlets reported.<\/p>\n
A woman who was on the flight and witnessed the incident told Radio Thessaloniki that most of the passengers on the flight were asleep and “immediately realized there had been a decompression” when they were awoken by a noise that sounded “like tire bursting.”<\/p>\n
“The masks dropped and there was a strong smell. The head and shoulders of one passenger were outside the window. Fortunately, he hadn’t taken off his seat belt,” the woman explained.<\/p>\n
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A passenger was injured on a Ryanair flight departing Thessaloniki, Greece, when the window blew out and caused a decompression which partially sucked them out of the plane. (Reuters\/Alexandros Avramidis\/File Photo)<\/p>\n
Reuters reported that two industry sources indicated that the passenger was partially sucked out of the broken window.<\/p>\n
Greek media reports indicated that passengers, including his wife, held him in his seat amid the incident, which prompted the flight to return to Thessaloniki after it occurred following takeoff.<\/p>\n
The passenger was described as a 61-year-old tourist from Serbia, and authorities said he was being treated for friction burns and shock but was otherwise in good condition.<\/p>\n
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Ryanair said a passenger requested and received medical attention after the flight returned to Thessaloniki. (Reuters\/Fabrizio Bensch)<\/p>\n
Ryanair told FOX Business in a statement that the “flight returned to Thessaloniki shortly after take-off when a passenger window dislodged inflight.”<\/p>\n
“The aircraft landed normally and passengers returned to the terminal. One passenger requested and received medical assistance on the ground in Thessaloniki,” the company said, adding that a replacement aircraft was arranged to bring passengers to Memmingen.<\/p>\n
The airline’s statement did not discuss the nature of the incident that prompted the need for medical assistance or injuries incurred.<\/p>\n
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A similar incident occurred on a 2018 Southwest Airlines flight, when engine debris broke a window causing a passenger to be partially sucked out of the window. The passenger died of her injuries in that incident.<\/p>\n
In January 2024, the door plug of an Alaska Airlines flight blew out shortly after takeoff and caused a decompression of the plane’s cabin. Several minor injuries were reported in the decompression, but all passengers and crew survived.<\/p>\n
One of the passengers on the flight said the man’s seatbelt helped keep him from being sucked completely out of the plane. (Nicolas Economou\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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Reuters contributed to this report.<\/p>\n
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