Passenger 'nearly sucked out of window mid-air' on Ryanair plane

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A passenger was reportedly nearly sucked out of a cabin window in mid-air on a Ryanair plane.

Witnesses told local media the man, said to be a Serbian citizen in his 60s, was left hanging head first out of the window as far as his shoulders for several minutes, before other passengers on the flight managed to pull him back inside.

In a statement, Ryanair said its Friday morning flight from the Greek city of Thessaloniki to Germany's Memmingen returned "shortly after take-off when a passenger window dislodged inflight".
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Man nearly sucked out of window mid-air on Ryanair plane, passengers say

The man's wife held onto his legs for around five minutes to stop him from being sucked out, officials say.
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Passenger is sucked out of Ryanair plane window up to his shoulders

A Ryanair passenger was allegedly sucked 'up to his shoulders' out of a plane window and had to be pulled back into the jet by other travellers.
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What kind of aircraft? I'm too lazy to open the link...

Edit: I suspected a B737, the only kind that Ryanair fly...

P.S. At least it wasn't a MAX version, nor did the door blow out...
 
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Progenix Oj101 said:
Bloody hell. How do you breathe like that?
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Shortly after takeoff: Air is perfectly breathable up to 10,000ft.
Oxygen masks deploy above 16,000ft: Breathing is uncomfortable, but limited consciousness likely.
Above 30,000ft: Unconsciousness within 15-30 seconds.

Yes, I know SA is metric, but aviation isn't.
 
Ryanair passenger reportedly saved from being sucked out the cabin after window fails during a flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen.

According to local media Ryanair flight FR1879, a Boeing 737-8AS, returned safely to Greece on Friday after part of a damaged engine reportedly detached and struck a cabin window.

A 61-year-old man, who is from Serbia upon the return of the plane, was taken to AHEPA and will undergo a CT scan to see if he has fractures.

Speaking about the incident, the president of POEDIN (Panhellenic Federation of Public Hospital Employees), stressed that there was almost a tragedy, as a window was broken, the body of a passenger came out in the air and was restrained by his wife. The 61-year-old is currently at AHEPA with friction burns.

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wingnut771 said:
The plane probably dropped to lower altitude as quick as possible.
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Gordon_R said:
Shortly after takeoff: Air is perfectly breathable up to 10,000ft.
Oxygen masks deploy above 16,000ft: Breathing is uncomfortable, but limited consciousness likely.
Above 30,000ft: Unconsciousness within 15-30 seconds.

Yes, I know SA is metric, but aviation isn't.
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I'm not talking whether the air at X altitude is breathable or not - stick your head out the window while doing 60 and it's already harder to breathe. At 120 it's quite unpleasant (c'mon, don't tell me you didn't do this as a kid :P ), at cruising speed (800+) it must be damn near impossible.
 
Progenix Oj101 said:
I'm not talking whether the air at X altitude is breathable or not - stick your head out the window while doing 60 and it's already harder to breathe. At 120 it's quite unpleasant (c'mon, don't tell me you didn't do this as a kid :P ), at cruising speed (800+) it must be damn near impossible.
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Clearly not as he’s not dead. How do skydivers breathe at 200kmh?
 
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