A traveler on a Ryanair flight narrowly avoided being sucked out of the aircraft after experiencing what he described as an “explosion” during the journey.
Ljubisa Karović, a 61-year-old from Serbia, was sleeping on flight FR1879 from Greece to Germany when the sound of a shattered window jolted him awake. Positioned in seat 11F, he witnessed objects being propelled out of the window while fellow passengers struggled to keep him inside the plane.
As a result of the incident, the passenger sustained burns and bruises on his right arm, extending from his armpit to his chest. Presently, with his head supported by a neck brace, Ljubisa recounted the harrowing experience he faced during the flight.
“The explosion is etched in my memory,” remarked Ljubisa, who works as an entrepreneur, in an interview with The Guardian. “It’s the deafening noise preceding the chaos, a sound that haunts me when I try to sleep.”
He was partially sucked out of the window before being pulled back in, reportedly losing consciousness several times during the ordeal. Speaking from a villa near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, Ljubisa expressed gratitude for surviving the terrifying incident, attributing it to divine intervention.
Following the plane’s landing, Ljubisa was promptly taken to a hospital for treatment, although he continues to endure physical pain. His Greek lawyer, Vasilis Tsiaras, described his survival as nothing short of miraculous, stating that Ljubisa had a close brush with death but managed to come back from the brink.
Recalling the chaos onboard, Ljubisa’s wife, Svetlana Grković, who was seated a few rows behind him, detailed how passengers assisted in securing her husband and sealing the damaged window. Ryanair commended its cabin crew for their exceptional response during the crisis.
Michael O’Leary, the CEO of Ryanair, revealed that initial investigations into the July 10 incident indicated potential foreign object damage to the engine during takeoff in Thessaloniki. He emphasized that the aircraft, a Boeing 737 operated by Ryanair’s subsidiary Malta Air, had undergone thorough maintenance checks in the preceding two years.
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