Ryanair boss says airline will dispute account of passenger who said they were partially sucked out of window – business live

From 2h agoRyanair boss says airline will dispute account of passenger who said they were partially sucked out of windowRyanair boss Michael O’Leary said that the airline will be “disputing” that any part of a passenger’s body was sucked out of a window midflight.Ljubisa Karović, 61, suffered neck and shoulder injuries after the window broke during the flight from the Greek city of Thessaloniki to Memmingen near Munich, Germany, on 10 July.The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in the US is investigating the incident during the flight.Speaking to reporters after the Ryanair annual general meeting in Dublin on Thursday, O’Leary said the passenger was “certainly sucked towards the window, but he didn’t get out the window”.Asked if the passenger was partially out of the window, he said:

double quotation markHe wasn’t partially out the window.

No, no, no. Part of his face didn’t get out the window.

We don’t think any part of his body got out the window, but he was certainly sucked in very dramatic circumstances towards the window.

O’Leary said Karović was “belted into the seat” and added: