Airline boss says no part of passenger's body was sucked out of plane

‌Morning Headlines | Ministry of Social Development apology over benefit payments and Auckland’s City Rail Link officially opens this morning | Friday, September 11, 2026Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary has disputed claims that a passenger was partially sucked through a broken aircraft window, instead saying he was sucked “towards the window”.

Ljubisa Karović, 61, was seriously injured when a window beside his seat shattered on a Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki, Greece, to Memmingen, Germany,

Airline boss says no part of passenger's body was sucked out of plane

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