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- cross-posted to:
- world@quokk.au
- europe@lemmy.ml
A passenger on a Ryanair flight was reportedly almost sucked out of a window after it shattered in mid-air during a journey from Greece.
The man was said to have been lifted out of his seat into the plane’s slipstream and hung headfirst out of the window after an engine failure resulted in parts smashing the acrylic window, according to local reports.
The passenger, reportedly a 61-year-old Serbian, was saved from being completely sucked out of the Boeing 737 because his wife “held him by the legs”.
The incident took place on Ryanair flight FR1879, which was scheduled to fly from Thessaloniki in Greece to Memmingen near Munich in Germany on Friday. It was operated by the the budget airline’s subsidiary Malta Air.
Note that in the video they state this can only be done at a safe speed and altitude, with the plane depresurised, and only during takeoff. They also state that the shape of the fuselage is designed to push airflow away from the cockpit side windows. None of this holds is a passenger cabin window fails at cruising altitude and speed.