Broken engine parts smashed a window on a Ryanair flight and caused a man’s head to be sucked out at 15,000ft, investigators have found.
A fan blade in the Boeing 737-800’s right engine is said to have broken loose shortly after takeoff in Greece on July 10, sending shards spewing out at high speed.
This proved disastrous for Ljubisa Karovic when, 20 minutes into the flight from Thessaloniki, the window next to his 11F seat smashed with an ear-splitting bang.
Within moments, his right shoulder, arm and head were outside the plane, his senses battered by the change in air pressure.
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