A Ryanair passenger had to be restrained in his seat Friday to avoid being sucked out of a Germany-bound plane after a window shattered shortly after take-off, according to reports. The traveler – only identified as a 61-year-old Serbian man – was pinned in his seat by fellow passengers as the cabin depressurized short
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A Ryanair passenger had to be restrained in his seat Friday to avoid being sucked out of a Germany-bound plane after a window shattered shortly after take-off, according to reports. The traveler – only identified as a 61-year-old Serbian man – was pinned in his seat by fellow passengers as the cabin depressurized short
A Serbian tourist was nearly pulled from a Ryanair flight after a cabin window detached mid-air. Fellow passengers bravely pulled the man back inside the aircraft, which was returning to Thessaloniki. Oxygen masks deployed and a strong smell spread through the cabin following the decompression.
A plane passenger was almost sucked out of a window that shattered moments after take-off on Friday - with others grabbing hold of him as his "head and shoulders" were left hanging outside. A man was nearly sucked out of the window of a Ryanair flight when it “detached” mid-air en route to Germany, with other passengers pulling him back inside, witnesses and officials said.
Times of India reported the story as "Passenger nearly pulled out of Ryanair plane after cabin window breaks mid-flight." New York Post reported the story as "Ryanair passenger's head and shoulders hang from broken window after he's nearly sucked out of plane."
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4 sources have covered this story, including New York Post, Times of India, South China Morning Post and Daily Mail US. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 6 hours ago.
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Ryanair passenger's head and shoulders hang from broken window after he's nearly sucked out of plane
Man nearly sucked out of ‘detached’ window on Ryanair flight
Passenger is sucked out of Ryanair plane window up to his shoulders and has to be pulled back in by other travellers during flight to Germany
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