Ryanair Window Blowout Injures 61-Year-Old Passenger on Greece-Germany Flight
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Updated · St. Paul Pioneer Press · Jul 10
Ryanair Window Blowout Injures 61-Year-Old Passenger on Greece-Germany Flight
3 articles · Updated · St. Paul Pioneer Press · Jul 10
Summary
A 61-year-old passenger was hospitalized in Thessaloniki after being partially sucked out of a Ryanair window that dislodged during a flight to Memmingen, suffering neck and shoulder injuries and friction burns.
Passengers said a loud bang was followed by oxygen masks dropping and a loss of altitude, with nearby travelers pulling the man back inside as panic spread through the cabin.
Ryanair said the plane returned to Thessaloniki shortly after takeoff and landed normally, after which the injured passenger received medical help on the ground.
A replacement aircraft later took the remaining passengers to Germany, while the incident added to earlier reports that the midair window failure caused cabin depressurization.