NTSB says broken engine parts shattered Ryanair plane window that a man's head got sucked into
A Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki, Greece to Memmingen, Germany experienced a serious incident last month when a window shattered, partially pulling a passenger out of the aircraft. According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), a fan blade in the Boeing 737-800's right engine broke loose, sending fragments flying out of the engine that broke the window and damaged the fuselage in several other places.
The incident occurred on July 10, during a flight operated by Malta Air, a Ryanair subsidiary. The aircraft was climbing through 16,000 feet when the pilots received a high-vibration alert from the right engine. The vibration rapidly increased before the crew heard a loud bang and the cabin lost pressure. Fragments from the engine struck the fuselage and penetrated the cabin, shattering the window at row 11.
A 61-year-old passenger in seat 11F was partially lodged in the missing window opening, and passengers managed to pull him back into the cabin. The passenger suffered neck and other injuries. The NTSB found evidence of metal fatigue in the engine fan blade that fractured, with about 37 percent of the fracture surface showing features consistent with fatigue, according to The Island Sri Lanka. Bird remains were also found inside the engine.
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