A Ryanair passenger was injured after a cabin window was “dislodged” during a flight from Greece to Germany on Friday morning, the airline said.
Local media outlets reported that a 61-year-old man was sucked out of the window up to his shoulders, and one witness told local outlet Radio Thessaloniki that other passengers pulled him back inside the cabin.
Reuters also cited two industry sources as saying a passenger was partially sucked out of the window.
Flight 1879 departed Thessaloniki, Greece, about 6 a.m. for Memmingen, Germany — a roughly two-hour flight.
Roughly 10 minutes after takeoff, the Boeing 737 Max U-turned before circling nearby and landing back at Thessaloniki.
Video and images published by Radio Thessaloniki showed the blown-out window and oxygen masks hanging from the ceiling.
In a statement, a Ryanair spokesperson did not confirm reports of a passenger being partially pulled out of the plane, but did say that the plane U-turned “when a passenger window dislodged inflight.”
It added that “one passenger requested and received medical assistance on the ground in Thessaloniki.” The plane landed normally, and a replacement aircraft operated a new flight which departed at 9:53 a.m.
Passengers landed in Memmingen about four hours later than they were initially scheduled.
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