A Ryanair jet lands at Stansed airport February 4, 2003 in London, United Kingdom. Note: This is not a picture of the plane involved in Friday’s incident. (Credit: Ian Waldie/Getty Images)
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THESSALONIKI, Greece – A passenger on board a flight from Greece to Germany was being treated in a hospital on Friday after reportedly being partially sucked out of a window when it broke mid-flight.
Passenger partially sucked out of plane during flight
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The airline Ryanair said the Friday morning flight from the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki to Memmingen near Munich “returned to Thessaloniki shortly after takeoff when a passenger window dislodged in-flight.”
Passengers told Greek media that they heard a loud bang nearly an hour into the flight. Oxygen masks dropped, and the plane began to lose altitude.
One passenger told Thessaloniki radio that passengers panicked and screamed and that one passenger was partially sucked out of the window.
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“His whole head, neck, shoulders” were pulled out of the window, she said, adding that those seated near him pulled him back in.
Passenger received medical assistance
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The airline said in a statement that the plane landed normally and passengers returned to the terminal, and one passenger requested and received medical assistance on the ground in Thessaloniki. A replacement aircraft was later provided to fly the passengers to Germany.
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According to a hospital official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, the 61-year-old passenger was treated for neck and shoulder injuries and friction burns.
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