The incident on a Ryanair flight, in which an aircraft window shattered and a Serbian passenger was partially “sucked” outside, leaving him seriously injured, may have been caused by foreign-object damage to the engine, according to the head of the airline.
Michael O’Leary said that a preliminary investigation into the incident, which occurred on 10 July during a flight between Greece and Germany, indicated that “it appears to have been caused by foreign-object damage to the engine during take-off from Thessaloniki, but we cannot yet say so with certainty.”
He also stressed that the engine of the 18-year-old Boeing 737 had been fully maintained and overhauled within the past two years.
The aircraft was operating a flight from Thessaloniki to Germany, and the foreign object may have entered the engine during take-off.
Following the incident, the aircraft made an emergency landing and the passenger was taken to hospital. Witnesses said they heard an “explosion” and that the Serbian man’s head and shoulder were pulled outside through the broken window.
His wife told BBC Serbia that she and two other passengers held on to his legs for several minutes. “We all pulled him back inside together. His entire face was disfigured, and blood was running from his nose and mouth,” she said.
The assessment that the damage was caused by an external object could affect the question of whether Ryanair or Boeing bears responsibility for the incident.
Source: BBC
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