Ryanair made an emergency landing after a window came loose and passengers were nearly sucked out of the plane.

A Ryanair flight from Greece to Germany was forced to make an emergency landing after a window on the Boeing 737 NG detached during flight, causing a Serbian passenger to be partially sucked out by the air pressure before other passengers managed to pull him back in.

July 11, 2569 at 23.30:XNUMX a.m., Reuters reported that A passenger narrowly avoided being sucked out of a Ryanair Boeing 737 NG plane after a window came loose shortly after takeoff from Thessaloniki airport in Greece last Friday. This forced the pilot to make an emergency landing.

The flight was scheduled to depart from Thessaloniki to Memmingen Airport in Germany but had to turn back after a passenger window was dislodged during flight. However, the exact cause of the damage is currently unknown.

The injured Serbian passenger was taken to AHEPA University Hospital in Thessaloniki. The Serbian consulate stated that his injuries are not life-threatening, but doctors are still assessing the severity of his injuries.

Serbian media, citing passengers on board, reported that the man's head and shoulders were sucked out of the aircraft by the air currents before other passengers managed to pull him back in.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed that the aircraft was a Boeing 737 Next Generation (737 NG), the predecessor to the Boeing 737 MAX. Boeing stated that it is cooperating with the investigation led by the North Macedonian authority, whose airspace the incident occurred, and affirmed its full support for Ryanair.

Ryanair simply stated that the aircraft landed safely and all passengers had returned to the terminal, without providing further details about the cause of the incident.

It is believed that engine debris struck the window.

Greek local media reported that the incident may have been caused by a piece of engine flying off and striking the aircraft's window, causing it to shatter and resulting in cabin decompression. This information is consistent with data provided to Reuters from sources at the airport.

Video clips circulating on social media also show that the engine may have suffered an uncontained engine failure, or severe damage where internal engine components have protruded outside the engine housing. Some parts of the propeller are missing, and such an event could cause metal debris to strike other parts of the aircraft.

In addition, images from inside the cabin revealed shattered windows and oxygen masks dropping from the ceiling after the cabin pressure dropped rapidly.

Data from the flight tracking website Flightradar24 indicates that the same aircraft also had to return to Thessaloniki Airport en route to Sarajevo on Thursday evening, shortly after takeoff. It is currently unknown whether this was related to the same problem.

Ryanair's Boeing 737 NG aircraft uses CFM56 engines manufactured by CFM International, a joint venture between the U.S. General Electric and the France-based Safran. The engine manufacturer has not yet commented on the incident.

Similar to the Southwest Airlines tragedy in 2018.

This incident is reminiscent of the 2018 accident when a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 NG experienced an engine propeller failure, sending debris flying through the air and partially sucking out a female passenger, who subsequently died. This marked the first fatality from a commercial airline accident in the United States in nine years.

Following the incident, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended that Boeing improve the engine fan housing structure of the Boeing 737 NG, and subsequently, the FAA issued requirements in 2023 mandating the completion of these improvements by July 2028.

Tammie Jo Shults, the former Southwest Flight pilot in the 2018 incident, said she was surprised by the similarities between the recent event and that accident, including engine damage and external aircraft damage, which increased air resistance and made controlling the aircraft more complex.

refer : reuters.com

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