Debris from a broken engine fan smashed a window on a Ryanair plane shortly after it took off from Greece last month, according to a preliminary report into the incident, which saw a passenger partially sucked out of the opening.
The flight had been on its way from Thessaloniki to Memmingen, Germany when the aircraft "experienced a No. 2 (right) engine fan-blade-out (FBO) failure during climb out," the report from the US's National Transportation Safety Board said.
"Engine fragments breached the fuselage and the cabin depressurized," it continued. "The crew elected to return to SKG where they made an uneventful landing."
Two pilots, four flight attendants, and 149 passengers were on board the aircraft when the incident occurred. The NTSB said one passenger sustained serious injuries.
In a statement at the time, Ryanair said the flight returned to Thessaloniki when a "passenger window dislodged inflight."
