{"id":4094,"date":"2026-07-12T06:36:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T01:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4094"},"modified":"2026-07-12T06:36:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T01:36:29","slug":"new-footage-shows-damaged-engine-ryanair-flight-passenger-was-nearly-sucked-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=4094","title":{"rendered":"New footage shows damaged engine Ryanair flight passenger was nearly sucked out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p>New footage reveals the horrifying aftermath of a Ryanair flight where a passenger was nearly sucked out through a shattered window \u2014 leaving the man clinging to life.<\/p>\n<p>The clip, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aviationbrk\/status\/2075616915511234975\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared on social media<\/a>, shows one of the engine\u2019s nacelles \u2014 or protective pods \u2014 shredded, with an engine blade missing.  <\/p>\n<p>The video then pans up to show the blown-out window. <\/p>\n<p>The nightmarish incident began at 20,000 feet on a flight from Greece to Germany, when travelers heard a sudden noise \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/10\/world-news\/ryanair-passenger-almost-sucked-out-of-plane-cabin-after-window-shatters-on-germany-bound-flight-reports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">like a tire bursting<\/a>,\u201d one passenger told Radio Thessaloniki, according to Agence France Presse.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of the plane\u2019s windows had been smashed after an engine blade struck it, causing an 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-11-at-65939-PM.jpg?resize=269,441&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 269w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-11-at-65939-PM.jpg?resize=37,60&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 37w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-11-at-65939-PM.jpg?resize=49,80&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 49w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-11-at-65939-PM.jpg?resize=35,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 35w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-11-at-65939-PM.jpg?resize=95,156&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 95w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-11-at-65939-PM.jpg?resize=30,50&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\"\/><figcaption>The engine shattered on a Ryanair flight, causing a man to be sucked out of the window. <span class=\"credit\">aviationbrk\/X<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe immediately realized there had been a decompression. There were screams \u2026 for a moment I thought someone had accidentally opened the emergency door,\u201d recalled one terrified passenger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe masks dropped and there was a strong smell,\u201d the passenger continued. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe head and shoulders of one passenger were outside the window. Fortunately, he hadn\u2019t taken off his seat belt.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>That passenger, a 61-year-old Serbian man, was almost sucked out of the Boeing 737 \u201cup to his shoulders.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Fellow travelers desperately held onto him until he could be pulled back inside \u2014 an account confirmed by Michalis Giannakos, president of the Panhellenic Federation of Public Hospital Employees, who described the harrowing rescue effort to reporters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"39957961\"><br \/>\n\t<default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><default:path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/default:svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-11-at-65701-PM.jpg?resize=48,80&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 48w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-11-at-65701-PM.jpg?resize=35,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 35w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-11-at-65701-PM.jpg?resize=94,156&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 94w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-11-at-65701-PM.jpg?resize=30,50&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\"\/><figcaption>The smashed window on the Ryanair flight from Greece to Germany. <span class=\"credit\">aviationbrk\/X<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Serbian man is currently being treated for friction burns, according to Giannakos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen on Friday morning (10 July) returned to Thessaloniki shortly after take-off when a passenger window dislodged inflight,\u201d A Ryanair spokesperson told The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe aircraft landed normally and passengers returned to the terminal. One passenger requested and received medical assistance on the ground in Thessaloniki.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New footage reveals the horrifying aftermath of a Ryanair flight where a passenger was nearly sucked out through a shattered window \u2014 leaving the man clinging to life. The clip, shared on social media, shows one of the engine\u2019s nacelles \u2014 or protective pods \u2014 shredded, with an engine blade missing. The video then pans&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/comp-12.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pics-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}