Ryanair jet’s window was broken by engine fragments before passenger sucked out

A preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found that an engine blade on Ryanair flight 1879 from Greece failed and broke away shortly after takeoff.

Sean Gallup / Getty Images A passenger’s head was sucked out of the broken window of a Ryanair flight from Greece to Germany on July 10, and officials are attributing the incident to a bird strike. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board released a report Thursday that one of the engine’s blades on flight FR1879

Terrifying footage from inside the plane has emerged. 14:32, Fri, Aug 14, 2026 Updated: 14:36, Fri, Aug 14, 2026 Half of 61-year-old Ljubiša Karović's body was dragged outside the aircraft mid-air (Image: Facebook) Chilling video has emerged from inside a Ryanair plane after a passenger's head and right shoulder were s

Window through which Ryanair passenger was dragged smashed by engine part  The Times

The National Transportation Safety Board has released new details about what may have caused a window to shatter on a Ryanair flight, partially sucking a passenger out of the window. Kris Van Cleave reports.

Fan blade broke off shortly after takeoff on 10 July flight from Greece to Germany, preliminary findings show Business live – latest updates Broken engine parts were responsible for shattering a window on a Ryanair plane, causing a passenger to be partly sucked out mid-flight in July, US investigators have said. A pr

Serbian national Ljubisa Karović was nearly sucked head-first through the broken window but was saved as other passengers, including his wife, held onto him.

Reason Ryanair passenger was sucked out of plane window as details of accident report revealed  lbc.co.uk

Ryanair flight 1879 experienced a sudden depressurisation after a fractured engine part left a passenger sticking out of a smashed window.

Flight crews had recorded four suspected bird strikes involving the same engine during the previous year.

A report by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said the man was sucked out of the Ryanair plane after part of the engine broke off and smashed a window

An investigation says an engine fan blade broke off and sent parts flying

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.

Engine parts shattered window on harrowing Ryanair flight, NTSB says  USA Today

Probe reveals terrifying reason Ryanair passenger was sucked out of window mid-flight  GB News

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.

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

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

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.

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 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