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‘I saw him sucked out of the plane's window’: Mid-air nightmare leaves passenger severely injured

Plane seats

Airplane with passengers on seats waiting to take off.
 

Photo credit: Pool

What you need to know:

  • Passenger is being treated in Thessaloniki hospital for severe neck and arm injuries, wife says
  • Greek media and airport sources say engine debris likely smashed the window and decompressed the cabin
  • Ryanair confirms a window dislodged; declines further comment during the formal investigation

Svetlana Maksimovic and her husband Ljubisa Karovic had just settled into a Ryanair flight last week when a loud bang pierced the hum of engines. Within seconds, she saw her 61-year-old husband being sucked out of the plane through a dislodged cabin window.

In what Greek officials have described as a rare incident, Karovic, sitting in a window seat, was pulled through the window as his wife and others held on to him on the flight between the Greek city of Thessaloniki and Germany on July 10.