{"id":817199,"date":"2026-07-21T21:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T21:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/817199\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T21:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T21:46:09","slug":"if-we-die-we-die-together-meet-svetlana-grkovic-who-grabbed-husbands-leg-after-his-body-went-outside-a-plane-mid-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/817199\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;If we die, we die together&#8217;: Meet Svetlana Grkovi\u0107 who grabbed husband&#8217;s leg after his body went outside a plane mid-air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wife-grabs-husbands-legs-after-his-upperbody-hangs-out-of-plane-mid-air-as-the-window-crashed.jpg\" alt=\"'If we die, we die together': Meet Svetlana Grkovi\u0107 who grabbed husband's leg after his body went outside a plane mid-air\" title=\"Wife grabs husband's legs after his upperbody hangs out of plane mid-air as the window crashed.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Wife grabs husband&#8217;s legs after his upperbody hangs out of plane mid-air as the window crashed. Svetlana Grkovi\u0107 was flying from Greece to Germany when a window shattered, sucking out the man sitting nearby. Half of his body was outside the window, though he had his seatbelt on. But Ljubisa Karovi\u0107&#8217;s wife held him by the legs and said: &#8220;If we die, we die together&#8221;. The incident took place a few days ago on Ryanair flight FR1879, which was flying from Thessaloniki in Greece to Memmingen near Munich in Germany on Friday. It was operated by the budget airline\u2019s subsidiary Malta Air.The flight was airborne for just over an hour and reached 16,000 ft before coming back to Thessaloniki airport.For two minutes, the husband was outside up to his chest.Grkovi\u0107 said that with the help of two passengers, she was able to pull her husband, who lost consciousness three times, back inside the aircraft. She said that many people fled their seats to other parts of the plane for safety as the cabin decompressed.Passengers have told local media that Karovi\u0107 had kept his seatbelt on and helped those on board keep hold of him while his upper torso was in the plane\u2019s slipstream outside.The shock of the incident is massive. The husband is in a hospital receiving treatment. \u201cIt\u2019s important to me that he\u2019s alive,\u201d the wife said. \u201cHis hand is particularly badly injured, and he\u2019s got burns. He\u2019s not able to communicate; he doesn\u2019t remember the whole event.\u201d\u201cSome people came to my aid, I remember one man and one woman,\u201d she added. \u201cThat man helped me a lot, Ljubisa and me. I think he was Albanian, thank you very much. I didn\u2019t remember his name, I don\u2019t even know if he told me. I would like to meet him, to thank him personally again.\u201dA Ryanair spokesperson said: \u201cA Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen on Friday morning returned to Thessaloniki shortly after takeoff when a passenger window dislodged inflight. The aircraft landed normally and passengers returned to the terminal. One passenger requested and received medical assistance on the ground in Thessaloniki. In order to minimise any delay, a replacement aircraft was arranged to bring passengers to Memmingen.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wife grabs husband&#8217;s legs after his upperbody hangs out of plane mid-air as the window crashed. 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