Particle.news
Download on the App Store
32 ARTICLES
·
4w ago

Ryanair Passenger Partially Sucked Out After Cabin Window Breaks

Greek and European investigators are examining evidence that engine debris hit the window, a finding that could trigger inspections of Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft.

Svetlana Grković and her husband Ljubisa Karović were flying to Germany from Greece when he was sucked partially out of the plane after a window broke.
Image
Image
Image

Overview

  • A Ryanair Malta Air‑operated Boeing 737‑800 suffered a cabin window failure that partially pulled passenger Ljubiša Karović through the opening during a flight that took off from Thessaloniki and was forced to turn back on Friday, July 10.
  • Karović’s wife, Svetlana Grković, held his legs as other travellers helped pull him back inside, and he was taken to hospital with serious burns and a badly injured hand and remains in shock and unable to speak.
  • Passenger video and witness reports show shredded engine casing and missing fan blades near the right engine, but investigators have not yet confirmed whether an uncontained engine failure caused the window breach.
  • The plane landed safely in Thessaloniki, passengers were flown onward on a replacement aircraft, and Greek safety investigators and the EU Aviation Safety Agency have opened probes with technical offers of help from Boeing, the FAA and the NTSB.
  • Officials are reviewing whether the findings will require targeted inspections or airworthiness directives for the 737 Next Generation fleet, a process shaped by a similar 2018 engine‑fan failure that led to regulatory action.