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Engine parts smashed Ryanair window that man's head was sucked out of, report says

A preliminary report by US investigators states that a Ryanair flight from Greece to Germany experienced an engine fan blade failure shortly after takeoff on July 10th. Fragments from the broken engine blade struck a cabin window, causing it to break.

32 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleJaroslav LukivBBC News - WorldFiled 2026-08-13 · 21:43 GMTLean · CenterRead · 1 min
Engine parts smashed Ryanair window that man's head was sucked out of, report says
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A preliminary report by US investigators states that a Ryanair flight from Greece to Germany experienced an engine fan blade failure shortly after takeoff on July 10th. Fragments from the broken engine blade struck a cabin window, causing it to break. A passenger, identified as Ljubisa Karović, had his head and right shoulder sucked out of the resulting hole, sustaining serious injuries. The flight crew received a "high vibration" engine alert during the climb and elected to return to Thessaloniki International Airport, where they landed without further incident. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is conducting the investigation, delegated by Greek authorities.

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The flight experienced a No. 2 (right) engine fan-blade-out failure during climb out.

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Wife and other passengers held onto the man's legs for several minutes.

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The passenger, Ljubisa Karović, was seriously injured and in shock after being sucked partially out of the window.

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An engine fan blade broke shortly after takeoff on a Ryanair flight from Greece to Germany on July 10.

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Broken engine fragments smashed a cabin window of a Ryanair plane, causing a man's head and right shoulder to be sucked out.

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Broken engine fragments smashed a cabin window of a Ryanair plane last month causing a man's head and right shoulder to be sucked into the hole, US investigators have said.In a preliminary report, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said this happened after an engine fan blade broke shortly after takeoff on the 10 July flight from Greece to Germany.Serbian national Ljubisa Karović's head and right shoulder were sucked out of the plane's window, leaving him "seriously injured and in shock".His wife Svetlana Grković Maksimović later told BBC Serbia that she and two other passengers held on to his legs for several minutes.In its report, the NTSB said the flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen "experienced a No. 2 (right) engine fan-blade-out (FBO) failure during climb out". "The crew elected to return to SKG [Thessaloniki-international-airport" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="184956" data-entity-type="location">Thessaloniki International Airport] where they made an uneventful landing."The NTSB was "delegated the investigation in full" by the Greek authorities in the days following the incident.It also detailed a timeline of events given by the flight crew, who said they received a "high vibration" engine alert during the climb.
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