The Aporia · Engine parts smashed Ryanair window that man's head was sucked out of, report says

US investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have released a preliminary report stating that a broken engine fan blade caused fragments to smash a cabin window on a Ryanair plane, sucking a man's head and shoulder out of the plane. The incident occurred on July 10 during a flight from Greece to Germany. Ljubisa Karović, a Serbian national, was left seriously injured and in shock after being partially lodged in the damaged window for several minutes. An engine ultrasonic inspection in May had found no faults, contradicting earlier speculation by Ryanair's boss that foreign object damage might have been responsible.

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A 61-year-old passenger on a Ryanair plane that took off from Thessaloniki, Greece on July 10 suffered serious injuries when his head and right shoulder were partially sucked out of a broken window. According to investigators with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, a fan blade in the plane's right engine broke loose during takeoff, sending fragments that shattered the window and damaged other parts of the fuselage. The incident occurred shortly after departure, and the crew elected to return to Thessaloniki International Airport for an uneventful landing. A preliminary report found bird remains inside the engine, suggesting the plane may have struck birds during takeoff. The passenger's injuries included neck and shoulder injuries and friction burns.

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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) wrote in a preliminary report that this happened after an engine fan blade broke shortly after takeoff on the 10 July flight from Greece to Germany.

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🔮 The engine had undergone ultrasonic inspections in May this year with no findings of fault, the report stated.

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Engine parts smashed Ryanair window that man's head was sucked out of, report says · assertive framing

- Published Broken engine fragments smashed a cabin window of a Ryanair plane causing a man's head and right shoulder to be sucked into the hole last month, US investigators have said. asserted

investigators → publish → hole

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) wrote in a preliminary report that this happened after an engine fan blade broke shortly after takeoff on the 10 July flight from Greece to Germany. asserted

blade → write → Germany

Serbian national Ljubisa Karović's head and right shoulder were sucked out of the plane's window, leaving him "seriously injured and in shock". asserted

head → suck → shock

His wife Svetlana Grković Maksimović later told BBC Serbia that she and two other passengers held onto his legs for several minutes. asserted

she → tell → minutes

The NTSB said the flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen "experienced a No. 2 (right) engine fan-blade-out (FBO) failure during climb out". " asserted

flight → say → out

The crew elected to return to SKG [Thessaloniki International Airport] where they made an uneventful landing." asserted

they → elect → landing

The NTSB was "delegated the investigation in full" by the Greek authorities in the days following the incident. asserted

NTSB → delegate → incident

It also detailed a timeline of events given by the flight crew, who said they received a "high vibration" engine alert during the climb. asserted

they → detail → climb

In response, they reduced the engine power and carried out a series of checks. asserted

they → reduce → checks

When the vibrations stopped, the crew continued to climb on autopilot, the report said. asserted

report → stop → autopilot

But the engine vibrations then increased and the crew heard a loud bang, prompting them to declare an emergency and begin their descent. asserted

crew → increase → descent

Flight attendants reported hearing and feeling the vibrations, and seeing a small amount of smoke before the oxygen masks were deployed. asserted

masks → report → smoke

One flight attendant said they then noticed passengers calling for help after a passenger became "partially lodged in a damaged cabin window", with the entire window missing. asserted

window → say → window

The engine had undergone ultrasonic inspections in May this year with no findings of fault, the report stated. uncertain

report → undergo → fault

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary earlier suggested that the incident may have been caused by "foreign object damage" to an engine. uncertain

incident → suggest → engine

The aircraft was operated by Ryanair's subsidiary Malta Air. asserted

aircraft → operate → subsidiary

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