Broken engine parts shattered Ryanair plane window, partially sucking passenger out, US investigators find

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

Last month, a Ryanair window smashed open mid-flight, causing a passenger's head to be pulled through the opening before other passengers yanked him back in. Kris Van Cleave has new details about why this happened.

The National Transportation Safety Board said it had found a bird’s remains and feathers on a broken engine.

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.

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.

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

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