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Wife describes moment husband was nearly sucked out of plane: 'His head and arm were hanging out'
Yahoo • • business
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- A cabin window dislodged minutes after takeoff on a Ryanair subsidiary flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen, causing a 61-year-old passenger, Ljubisa Karović, to be nearly sucked out of the plane.
- Karović's wife, Svetlana Grković Maksimović, along with other passengers, struggled for nearly two minutes to pull him back inside the aircraft before it returned to Thessaloniki.
- Karović sustained serious injuries, including burns and a badly injured hand, and was hospitalized in Thessaloniki; he lost consciousness multiple times during the incident.
- Passengers experienced extreme decompression and feared the plane was going down as it dropped 9,000 feet shortly after takeoff, with many struggling to breathe.
- The Hellenic Air and Rail Safety Investigation Authority is investigating the incident, while Ryanair confirmed the flight landed safely and that medical assistance was provided on the ground.
