{"id":292538,"date":"2026-07-10T18:51:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/292538\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:51:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:51:48","slug":"ryanair-passenger-almost-sucked-out-of-plane-cabin-after-window-shatters-on-germany-bound-flight-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/292538\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryanair passenger almost sucked out of plane cabin after window shatters on Germany-bound flight: reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A plane passenger was almost sucked out of a window that shattered moments after take-off on\u00a0Friday \u2014\u00a0with others grabbing hold of him as his \u201chead and shoulders\u201d were left hanging outside.<\/p>\n<p>The traveler \u2014 only identified as a 61-year-old Serbian man \u2014 was pinned in his seat by fellow passengers\u00a0as chaos unfolded on the\u00a0Ryanair\u00a0flight that left Greece for Germany at 5:55 a.m.,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.gr\/ellada\/story\/542933\/ptisi-tromou-apo-thessaloniki-gia-germania-espase-parathyro-kai-travmatistike-epivatis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CNN Greece reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0\u00a0Boeing 737-800 plane was at an altitude of around 20,000 feet\u00a0\u2014\u00a0when travelers heard a noise \u201clike a tire bursting,\u201d one passenger told Radio Thessaloniki, according to Agence France Presse.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39943014\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2075466898184032640-ryanair-passenger-reportedly-133963866_485732.jpg\" alt=\"The interior of an airplane cabin shows a broken window with wires exposed.\" class=\"wp-image-39943014\"  \/>A Ryanair plane window shattered moments after taking off from Thessaloniki, Greece. @RThessaloniki\/X<\/p>\n<p>They only later found out that a piece of the plane\u2019s engine had broken off and struck the window, causing it to shatter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe immediately realised there had been a decompression. There were screams \u2026 for a moment I thought someone had accidentally opened the emergency door,\u201d the passenger said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe masks dropped\u00a0and\u00a0there was a strong smell. The head and shoulders of one passenger were outside the window. Fortunately, he hadn\u2019t taken off his seat belt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The passenger was restrained by fellow travelers,\u00a0Michalis Giannakos, the president of\u00a0Panhellenic\u00a0Federation of Public Hospital Employees in Greece, told reporters,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.enikos.gr\/society\/ryanair-ti-apanta-gia-to-peristatiko-me-to-parathyro-kai-ton-travmatia-epivati-giannakos-epi-5-lepta-ton-kratouse-apo-ta-podia-i-syzygos-tou\/2611750\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">according to Enikos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis wife held him down for five minutes so he wouldn\u2019t get out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.33333333;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39943015\" width=\"787\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/133965077.jpg\" alt=\"Facade of the new airport terminal of Makedonia Airport in Thessaloniki, built and operated by Fraport.\" class=\"wp-image-39943015\"  \/>The plane returned to Thessaloniki airport.  DORA \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the help of many passengers, they managed to pull him into the cabin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The plane, which was heading to Memmingen, just outside\u00a0of\u00a0Munich, returned to Thessaloniki\u00a0in\u00a0Greece\u00a0and\u00a0passengers were given seats on a replacement flight.<\/p>\n<p>The man is being treated for friction burns, according to Giannakos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen on Friday morning (10 July) returned to Thessaloniki shortly after take-off when a passenger window dislodged inflight,\u201d A Ryanair spokesperson told The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe aircraft landed normally\u00a0and\u00a0passengers returned to the terminal. One passenger requested and received medical assistance on the ground in Thessaloniki.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A plane passenger was almost sucked out of a window that shattered moments after take-off on\u00a0Friday \u2014\u00a0with others&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292539,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7960,3137,9,11,10,1076],"class_list":["post-292538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-airplanes","tag-greece","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}