Overview
- Passengers heard a loud bang shortly after takeoff from Thessaloniki on Friday and say a cabin window fractured, causing a man’s head and shoulders to protrude through the opening.
- Fellow travelers restrained the man and pulled him back into the cabin while oxygen masks deployed and the pilot aborted the flight.
- The aircraft returned to Thessaloniki and landed roughly 20 minutes after the incident, and the injured passenger was taken to a local hospital and reported to be Serbian.
- Eyewitness accounts and photos and videos shared on social media form the main public record so far, and no formal statement from Ryanair had been available at the time of reporting.
- Greek public broadcaster ERT reported that investigations have been opened, and authorities and investigators are expected to examine the cause of the window failure and any cabin pressure loss.