Ryanair Passenger Partially Sucked Out Of Plane After Window Breaks Midflight: Reports
It was reported on Friday morning that a Ryanair passenger had partially fallen off the plane during the flight after a window next to him broke.
The 61-year-old man was flying from Greece to Germany when the window broke and he pulled himself out of the window. The Guardian reportedCiting the Greek news site Newsit.
A spokesperson for Ryanair confirmed to HuffPost that the passenger window “dislodged in flight” shortly after takeoff from Thessaloniki in northern Greece.
The incident occurred when a part of the plane’s engine malfunctioned and shattered the window, according to two people who were aware of the incident. he told Reuters.
“The plane landed normally and passengers returned to the terminal,” a Ryanair spokesman said. A passenger on the plane requested and received medical assistance on the ground, the spokesman added, and a replacement plane was arranged to continue the flight to Memmingen in southern Germany.
A passenger named Christina told Radio Thessaloniki: “Screams were heard… for a moment I thought someone had accidentally opened the emergency door.” According to BBC. “The masks fell off and there was a strong odor. One of the passengers’ head and shoulders were outside the window. Fortunately, he had not removed his seat belt.”
Published videos On social media, it can be seen that the plane’s windows were broken and oxygen masks were hung all over the cabin.
In 2018, a woman died when the window of a Southwest Airlines plane in the USA broke and she was partially thrown out of the plane. The incident occurred as a result of engine shrapnel hitting the fuselage.
During the investigation, it was determined that the woman, who was wearing her seat belt at the time, died as a result of blunt force trauma to her head, neck and torso.
