Ryanair window that passenger was partly sucked out of was broken by engine debris, report finds

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

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

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.

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.

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