Bird strike may have caused disastrous Ryanair flight where passenger was nearly sucked out of window: NTSB

Malta Air Flight 1879 — a Boeing 737-8AS — was climbing past 16,000 feet after departing Greece for Germany, on July 10 when a fan blade in the right engine fractured, according to the US National Transportation Safety Board.

Investigators also found bird remains inside the engine, suggesting the plane may have struck birds during takeoff.

A fan blade in the Boeing 737-800's right engine is said to have broken loose shortly after takeoff in Greece on July 10, sending shards spewing out at high speed.

A bird strike may have been the cause of an incident in which a passenger was nearly sucked out of a broken window aboard a Ryanair flight in Europe last month, the NTSB found.

Bird remains were found inside the engine, suggesting that the plane might have struck birds during takeoff.

Broken engine parts shattered the Ryanair plane window that a man's head got sucked into: NTSB  AP News

Investigators say broken engine parts shattered a window on a Ryanair plane shortly after takeoff in Greece last month, causing a man’s head to be sucked into the hole in the fuselage before his fellow passengers pulled him to safety

A preliminary report by US investigators says an engine fan blade broke on last month's flight from Greece to Germany.

An engine fan blade broke off on a Ryanair flight and sent parts flying that shattered a plane window shortly after takeoff in Greece last month, which caused a man’s head to be sucked into the hole in the fuselage before his fellow passengers pulled him to safety, U.S. investigators said Thursday.

The incident caused a man’s head to be sucked into the hole in the fuselage before his fellow passengers pulled him to safety.

A jet engine fan blade cut into a plane and caused a passenger to be partially sucked out of a window, the NTSB says  CNN

Broken engine parts shattered a window on a Ryanair plane shortly after takeoff in Greece last month, causing a man’s head to be sucked into the hole in the fuselage before his fellow passengers pulled him to safety, U.S. investigators said Thursday.

Broken engine part shattered the Ryanair flight window that a passenger's head got sucked into: NTSB

A man was pulled to safety after his head was sucked into a hole in the fuselage.

Investigators say an engine fan blade broke off on a Ryanair flight and sent parts flying that shattered a plane window shortly after takeoff in Greece last month, which caused a man’s head to be sucked into the hole in the fuselage before fellow passengers pulled him to safety

Unruly child who caused a Porter flight to be cancelled is proof passengers need more rights  Toronto Star