{"id":584410,"date":"2026-08-14T10:46:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T10:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/584410\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T10:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T10:46:16","slug":"engine-debris-shattered-ryanair-window-pulling-passenger-out-ntsb-says-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/584410\/","title":{"rendered":"Engine debris shattered Ryanair window, pulling passenger out, NTSB says | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__subhead\">Flight crews had recorded four suspected bird strikes involving the same engine during the previous year, with bird remains found after two of them.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"avatar\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/author\/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786704376_603_2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg\"   aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published On 14 Aug 202614 Aug 2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">United States air safety investigators have found evidence of metal fatigue in an engine fan blade that fractured during a Ryanair flight last month, sending debris into the cabin and shattering a window where a passenger was partially pulled into the opening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a preliminary report that about 37 percent of the fracture surface on the failed blade showed features consistent with fatigue.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">Investigators traced the damage to an area near the root of the blade, finding signs of high-amplitude fatigue caused by repeated stress. The agency has not yet determined the root cause of the failure.<\/p>\n<p>Cabin depressurised<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">The July 10 incident occurred on a Boeing 737-800 operated by Malta Air, a Ryanair subsidiary, flying from Thessaloniki, Greece, to Memmingen, Germany.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">According to the NTSB, the aircraft was climbing through 16,000 feet (4,877 metres) when the pilots received a high-vibration alert from the right engine. The vibration rapidly increased before the crew heard a loud bang and the cabin lost pressure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">Fragments from the engine struck the fuselage and penetrated the cabin, shattering the window at row 11.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">A flight attendant responding to calls for help found a 61-year-old passenger in seat 11F partially lodged in the missing window opening. Passengers managed to pull the man back into the cabin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">The passenger suffered neck and shoulder injuries and friction burns. A doctor on board treated him as the aircraft returned to Thessaloniki. Passengers also used a metal box from the galley to try to block the opening.<\/p>\n<p>Bird remains recovered<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">Investigators found feathers and bird remains in several parts of the engine, but the NTSB has not concluded that a bird strike caused the blade to break.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">Maintenance records show the engine was involved in four suspected bird strikes over the previous year, with remains found after two of them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight:400\">The engine\u2019s fan blades underwent ultrasonic inspections in November 2025 and May 2026, with no damage detected. The NTSB investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Flight crews had recorded four suspected bird strikes involving the same engine during the previous year, with bird&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[114,63,916,85,46,43],"class_list":["post-584410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-europe","tag-greece","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}