Happy Wife, Happy Life: Woman Hangs on to Husband As He’s Sucked Halfway Out Airplane Window
Married men, be a little nicer to your wives this weekend — because this story could have been about any of us. Stuff happens.
And stuff really happened aboard a Ryanair flight not long after it took off from Thessaloniki, Greece Friday on its way to Memmingen, Germany. A passenger window blew out, you see — and a man was partially sucked out.
We won’t get too sciency here, but let’s just say that the air pressure inside a passenger plane is high, while outside it’s low, so if the window breaks, there’s a powerful sucking force.
How did this 61-year-old guy survive? It was thanks to his quick-thinking spouse, according to a Greek doctor who treated him on the tarmac after the plane turned around and landed.
The doctor said the passenger’s wife was holding her husband’s feet to stop him from being completely sucked out of the aircraft. The passenger is currently in the hospital.
The aircraft declared an emergency with oxygen masks dropping in the cabin. The plane returned to Thessaloniki, landing safely on Friday morning, according to a senior Greek aviation official.
The official told ABC News that the Ryanair Boeing 737 suffered an uncontained engine failure. Parts from the engine hit the plane, damaging the fuselage and breaking a passenger window, according to the official.
BREAKING: Ryanair passenger reportedly saved from being sucked out the cabin after window fails during a flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen.
According to local media Ryanair flight FR1879, a Boeing 737-8AS, returned safely to Greece on Friday after part of a damaged engine… pic.twitter.com/YPgRodjPFp
— Breaking Aviation News & Videos (@aviationbrk) July 10, 2026
BREAKING: Ryanair passenger reportedly saved from being sucked out the cabin after window fails during a flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen.
According to local media Ryanair flight FR1879, a Boeing 737-8AS, returned safely to Greece on Friday after part of a damaged engine reportedly detached and struck a cabin window.
A 61-year-old man, who is from Serbia upon the return of the plane, was taken to AHEPA and will undergo a CT scan to see if he has fractures.
Speaking about the incident, the president of POEDIN (Panhellenic Federation of Public Hospital Employees), stressed that there was almost a tragedy, as a window was broken, the body of a passenger came out in the air and was restrained by his wife. The 61-year-old is currently at AHEPA with friction burns.
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Although flying commercially is actually extremely safe statistically compared to other modes of transportation, when things go wrong, they can go very wrong, terrifying would-be flyers. This man — and the other passengers — are lucky to be alive.
WATCH: Video showing the damaged engine that caused debris to smash through a Ryanair 737 cabin window earlier today. https://t.co/oWAPFHOt76 pic.twitter.com/ZSOAu0oOE2
— Breaking Aviation News & Videos (@aviationbrk) July 10, 2026
The Republic of North Macedonia will oversee the investigation because it is the “country of occurrence.”
My advice to this man: get your wife a truly spectacular bouquet.
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