Ryanair Passenger Sucked Toward Broken Window After Midair Engine Failure
Earlier this morning, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 flying from Thessaloniki Airport (SKG) in Greece to Memmingen Airport (FMM) in Germany had to return to its point of departure after debris from a dramatic engine failure caused damage to the aircraft's window. The incident injured one of the plane's passengers , with some reports suggesting that they were even partially sucked out of the broken window.
Despite the dramatic turn of inflight events, the flight's pilots were able to safely land the aircraft back in Thessaloniki. Ryanair has since confirmed that the injured passenger received medical assistance upon arrival back in Greece, and the carrier also arranged a replacement aircraft in order to get the flight's other guests back on their way with as little delay as possible. Let's see what occurred.
Ryanair flight FR1879 is a regularly scheduled international commercial passenger flight that operates five times a week from Thessaloniki to Memmingen. According to tracking data made available by Flightradar24, today's iteration was operated by a Malta Air Boeing 737-800 that bears the registration 9H-QEU . It left Thessaloniki at 6:12 AM local time, 17 minutes after its scheduled departure of 5:55 AM.
However, as seen above, things took a dramatic turn when, as reported by Euronews, debris from an inflight engine failure hit and shattered a passenger window . This, The Mirror reports, injured the neck of a male passenger , whose head and shoulders were said to have been partially sucked out of the broken window. This prompted the flight to burn fuel and return to Thessaloniki, with Ryanair saying:
"A Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen returned to Thessaloniki shortly after takeoff when a passenger window dislodged inflight. The aircraft landed normally, and passengers returned to the terminal."
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