Ljubiša Karović, from Serbia, was left hanging outside the aircraft while his desperate wife, Svetlana Grković, clung to his feet after part of the engine broke away during the flight on Friday.

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.

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