Overview
- A Ryanair Boeing 737 that left Thessaloniki suffered a cabin window dislodgement on July 10 that caused rapid decompression and briefly pulled a male passenger partly outside the fuselage.
- Fellow travelers and the passenger’s wife restrained him and the aircraft returned and landed normally in Thessaloniki where the injured man received medical assistance on the ground.
- Witnesses reported a loud bang, oxygen masks deploying and visible bleeding, and a doctor who treated the passenger said he was about 61 and suffered neck, shoulder and friction injuries.
- The Hellenic Air and Rail Safety Investigation Authority has opened a formal probe and the FAA, NTSB and Boeing have offered technical assistance while the plane remains grounded in Thessaloniki.
- If investigators confirm an uncontained engine failure or engine-debris strike, regulators could require targeted inspections or airworthiness directives for affected 737 Next Generation engines and aircraft.