The man was left hanging up to his shoulders outside the aircraft with his head trapped beyond the window as it continued through the air, according to reports.

A Ryanair passenger was allegedly sucked 'up to his shoulders' out of a plane window and had to be pulled back into the jet by other travellers.

The man was pulled back inside by other passengers and has been hospitalised with friction burns but was otherwise in good condition.

A Ryanair passenger was almost sucked out of a plane after a window detached mid-flight, with fellow travellers pulling him back inside during the terrifying ordeal.

"His wife held him down for five minutes so he wouldn’t get out," a witness said. "Fortunately, he hadn't taken off his seat belt."

Serbian man reportedly saved by wife hanging on to his legs after window shattered on journey from Greece

The man's wife and fellow passengers managed to grab the man by his legs preventing him from being sucked out of the plan, reports stated

Passengers said they heard a loud bang before something flew against the window, breaking it

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The man was left hanging up to his shoulders outside the aircraft with his head trapped beyond the window as it continued through the air, according to reports.

A 61-year-old Serbian man was almost sucked out of a Ryanair flight after a piece of the plane's engine broke off and struck a window on the Boeing 737-800, causing it to shatter.

A passenger on a Ryanair flight was sucked halfway out of the plane after the window he was sitting next to became dislodged in midair.

The eyewitess said passengers seated nearby helped pull the man back into the aircraft. | World News

A Ryanair passenger was partially 'sucked' out of a Boeing 737-800 after a window shattered midair on a flight from Greece to Germany; Fellow passengers, including his wife, held…

"There were screams," a fellow passenger recalled of the horrifying sight. "The head and shoulders of one passenger were outside the window."

A man was nearly sucked out the window of a plane on a Ryanair flight from Greece to Germany on Friday, passengers said.

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“His whole head, neck, shoulders” were pulled out of the window of the plane operated by Ryanair, a passenger said.

The man was left hanging outside the aircraft while his desperate wife clung to his feet after part of the engine broke away in flight and smashed through the window on Friday.

The 61-year-old passenger, who was not identified by name, suffered neck and shoulder injuries and friction burns, according to a Greek hospital official.

Ljubiša Karović, 61, from Serbia, was on a Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen, when an engine piece smashed a window and he had to be held back as he was sucked out