A window on a Boeing aircraft operated by Ryanair shattered during flight. A passenger was nearly thrown out of the cabin

A plane operated by the European low-cost carrier Ryanair made an emergency landing in Greece after one of its windows was damaged, according to Bloomberg. According to the airline, the window “shifted out of place during the flight.”

One of the passengers was nearly sucked out through a broken window due to a cabin depressurization, Bloomberg reports, citing unnamed media sources. Christine, an eyewitness who was on the flight, told Radio Thessaloniki that “the head and shoulders of one of the passengers were sticking out of the window,” but, fortunately, he had not unbuckled his seatbelt, and other passengers nearby helped pull him back into the cabin. One passenger, described as a tourist from Serbia, was hospitalized with friction burns, but otherwise his condition is reported to be good, according to AFP, citing officials.

A Boeing Co. 737 was flying from Thessaloniki (Greece) to Memmingen (Germany, near Munich). One of the passengers told Radio Thessaloniki that a loud noise, similar to a tire bursting, was heard; people were screaming, and there was a strong odor in the cabin, according to AFT. According to the radio station’s source, the plane continued flying for about half an hour with a broken window. Passengers were wearing oxygen masks.

Greek media report that the incident occurred over North Macedonia. The window was damaged by debris that broke off from one of the plane's engines, according to AFP.

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