Man was partially sucked out of plane after broken engine blade shattered window, investigators find

An engine fan blade broke off on a Ryanair flight and sent parts flying that shattered a plane window shortly after takeoff in Greece last month, which caused a man's head to be sucked into the hole in the fuselage before his fellow passengers pulled him to safety, U.S. investigators said Thursday.

Bird remains found in engine after man nearly sucked out of window on Ryanair flight

⁠Bird remains were found ⁠in the engine of a Ryanair Boeing 737 NG plane where a passenger was partially sucked through a broken window shortly after take-off from Greece in July, the US National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday. The NTSB ‌is investigating the incident where a piece of the engine broke off the plane and smashed the window. The plane, headed to Germany, lost pressure and was forced to make an emergency landing. The NTSB said in its preliminary report into the July ...

By Reuters

Broken engine part shattered the Ryanair flight window that a passenger's head got sucked into: NTSB

Broken engine part shattered the Ryanair flight window that a passenger's head got sucked into: NTSB

Bird remains in engine of plane man almost sucked out of

Bird remains were found in the engine of a Ryanair Boeing 737 NG plane where a passenger was partially sucked through a broken window shortly after takeoff from Greece in July, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said.

US probe finds engine part shattered window on Ryanair flight

By Josh Funk and Rio Yamat

Broken engine part shattered Ryanair plane window that saw man nearly sucked out, probe finds

The incident caused a man’s head to be sucked into the hole in the fuselage before his fellow passengers pulled him to safety.