Wife of man nearly sucked out of Ryanair plane speaks of ordeal
A passenger on a Ryanair flight suffered severe injuries after a cabin window shattered due to an apparent engine failure, nearly pulling him out of the plane. His wife and other passengers intervened to pull him back inside during the decompression event.
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This incident highlights critical aviation safety concerns and the potential for catastrophic mechanical failure in commercial air travel.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Rachel Flynn Wife describes moment husband nearly sucked out of Ryanair plane A woman who held the legs of her husband as he was nearly sucked head-first out of a Ryanair cabin window on Friday said his "right shoulder and head were outside the plane".
Svetlana Grković, who was travelling with her husband Ljubisa Karović from Greece's Thessaloniki to Germany's Memmingen, told BBC Serbia how two other passengers helped pull him back inside after nearly two minutes.
"We pulled him back together," she said. "His entire face was deformed and blood was pouring from his nose and mouth."
Speaking to Serbian outlet Nova, Grković said she "immediately reacted and grabbed his legs", adding: "I thought: 'If we die, we die together.'"
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