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Fri Jul 10, 2026, 11:38 AM Yesterday

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 Yesterday OP
Holy shit! Kali Yesterday #1
This has happened before Ray Bruns Yesterday #2
Even before that. johnp3907 Yesterday #7
Ha! Seems to happen a lot when there's a gremlin on the wing. Ray Bruns Yesterday #8
Reminds me of one of the questions in the... littlemissmartypants Yesterday #3
Lucky to be alive. paleotn Yesterday #4
That's how Goldfinger got it. Hassin Bin Sober Yesterday #5
Another reason DownriverDem Yesterday #6
I'm about to fly for the first time since 1994... happybird 2 hrs ago #16
George Kennedy knows. LudwigPastorius 23 hrs ago #9
They are lucky to be alive. Snackshack 23 hrs ago #10
Well that sucks out loud. Was it a Saudi donated plane? twodogsbarking 23 hrs ago #11
eek!!! AllaN01Bear 23 hrs ago #12
Hilarious - Ryanair Advert (Parody) Xipe Totec 23 hrs ago #13
Scary shit - so glad his fellow passengers were able to pull him back in. n/t iluvtennis 23 hrs ago #14
Some people will do anything to be the first one off. "Hans Brinker" of the discount airline age? Wonder Why 22 hrs ago #15

Hassin Bin Sober

(27,584 posts)
5. That's how Goldfinger got it.
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 12:27 PM
Yesterday

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

I wonder how well those Qatari windows are sealed

happybird

(5,413 posts)
16. I'm about to fly for the first time since 1994...
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 11:08 AM
2 hrs ago

on Tuesday and should not have looked at this story.

Snackshack

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

Wonder Why

(7,561 posts)
15. Some people will do anything to be the first one off. "Hans Brinker" of the discount airline age?
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 03:15 PM
22 hrs ago
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