Overview
- On Friday, July 10, a passenger window on a Ryanair‑operated Boeing 737‑800 detached shortly after takeoff from Thessaloniki, causing a sudden cabin pressure loss that partially pulled a man through the opening before fellow travelers and crew pulled him back and the aircraft returned to the airport.
- The affected traveler, reported as a 61‑year‑old Serbian man, was taken to a Thessaloniki hospital with injuries described in local reports and received medical attention after the plane landed.
- Ryanair confirmed the window separation, said the flight returned safely and that a replacement aircraft later carried the passengers to Memmingen.
- Investigators have opened a probe led by the authority for the airspace where the event occurred and have notified the U.S. NTSB; early reporting and images raise a possible link to right‑engine damage but that cause remains unconfirmed.
- Cabin depressurization can create strong outward forces that pull unsecured objects or people toward a breach, such that investigators will examine engine and fuselage damage, maintenance records, and flight data and voice recorders to determine what happened and whether this affects wider 737 safety checks.