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Fri Jul 10, 2026, 11:38 AM 3 hrs ago

Man partially sucked out of broken Ryanair plane window during flight, fellow passenger says

Source: CBS News

Thessaloniki, Greece — A man was nearly sucked out the window of a Ryanair flight when it "detached" midair en route to Germany, with other passengers pulling him back inside, a witness told Greek media on Friday.

The passenger, described as a tourist from Serbia on a flight from Thessaloniki in Greece to Memmingen in Germany, was hospitalized with friction burns but was otherwise in good condition, authorities said.

"Most of us had fallen asleep, we had closed our eyes. There was a noise, like a tire bursting," a fellow passenger told Radio Thessaloniki.

"We immediately realized there had been a decompression. There were screams ... for a moment I thought someone had accidentally opened the emergency door," the woman said. "The masks dropped and there was a strong smell. The head and shoulders of one passenger were outside the window. Fortunately, he hadn't taken off his seat belt." Other passengers near the man helped to pull him in, she said.


Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-sucked-out-ryanair-plane-window-greece-flight-witness-says/

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Man partially sucked out of broken Ryanair plane window during flight, fellow passenger says (Original Post) question everything 3 hrs ago OP
Holy shit! Kali 3 hrs ago #1
This has happened before Ray Bruns 3 hrs ago #2
Even before that. johnp3907 2 hrs ago #7
Ha! Seems to happen a lot when there's a gremlin on the wing. Ray Bruns 2 hrs ago #8
Reminds me of one of the questions in the... littlemissmartypants 3 hrs ago #3
Lucky to be alive. paleotn 2 hrs ago #4
That's how Goldfinger got it. Hassin Bin Sober 2 hrs ago #5
Another reason DownriverDem 2 hrs ago #6
George Kennedy knows. LudwigPastorius 1 hr ago #9
They are lucky to be alive. Snackshack 1 hr ago #10
Well that sucks out loud. Was it a Saudi donated plane? twodogsbarking 1 hr ago #11
eek!!! AllaN01Bear 1 hr ago #12
Hilarious - Ryanair Advert (Parody) Xipe Totec 1 hr ago #13
Scary shit - so glad his fellow passengers were able to pull him back in. n/t iluvtennis 59 min ago #14

Hassin Bin Sober

(27,583 posts)
5. That's how Goldfinger got it.
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 12:27 PM
2 hrs ago

Hmmm. Looks like someone we know who is also obsessed with gold.

I wonder how well those Qatari windows are sealed

Snackshack

(2,612 posts)
10. They are lucky to be alive.
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 01:47 PM
1 hr ago

At altitude a plane is like a balloon and if it pops, it is very violent like Hawaiian flight 243 or it can be very slow and just as deadly as the flight Payne Stewart took.

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