Investigators ‘reveal’ what caused man to almost be sucked out of window on Ryanair flight

Update on the Ryanair situation

Since the event took place on 10 July, Ryanair has come back to Ljubisa and his wife, who was holding him from being sucked out completely, were offered to rebook flights with the airline.

Ryanair CEO, Michael O’Leary, came out with a statement weeks later declaring the story “nonsensical.”

Despite the wounds and the aftermath of the events, Ljubisa hired Greek lawyer, Vasilis Tsiaras, to reach further compensation from the Irish airline.

However, recent findings have ‘revealed’ what could have caused the aircraft window to shatter mid-flight.

It is said that broken engine fragments smashed a cabin window of the plane, causing the man's head and right shoulder to be sucked out.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) wrote in a preliminary report that this happened after an engine fan blade broke shortly after takeoff on the 10 July flight from Greece to Germany.

After being left “severely injured and in shock”, Ljubisa, his partner and his lawyer are hoping that more will come out from the investigation. 

The NTSB was "delegated the investigation in full" by the Greek authorities in the days following the incident.

The NTSB said the flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen "experienced a No. 2 engine (right) fan-blade-out (FBO) failure during climb out.”

Passengers aboard the flight have come out saying that they heard and felt a sudden vibration, as well as smoke, before oxygen masks were deployed.

A flight attendant onboard testified seeing a passenger “partially lodged in a damaged cabin window”.

In May of this year, the engine had reportedly undergone inspection, with no faults found.

Ryanair CEO more recently considered the theory that the incident might have been caused by a “foreign object.”

The NTSB are continuing with the investigation hoping to find a reason why the window shattered mid-flight. 

They have reported bumps and dents on the side where the shattered window is located. 

However, the NTSB also notes missing pieces from the engine.