Ryanair broken window may have been caused by 'foreign object'
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary suggests that a mid-flight incident where a passenger was partially sucked out of a window may have been caused by foreign object damage to the engine. An investigation is currently underway by the NTSB to determine the exact cause of the structural failure.
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Aviation safety incidents involving structural failure raise critical questions about maintenance standards and airline liability.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Emer Moreau Business reporter Watch: Inside Ryanair plane flying with dislodged window An incident on a Ryanair flight which saw a passenger partially sucked out of a plane window may have been caused by "foreign object damage" to an engine, said the airline's boss.
Michael O'Leary said an initial investigation into the incident on 10 July between Greece and Germany suggests "it looks like a foreign object damage to the engine on takeoff at Thessaloniki but ... we can't say that definitively".
He insisted that the engine on the 18-year-old Boeing 737 plane had been fully serviced and overhauled in the past two years.
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