Fünf Minuten lang klammerte sich die Ehefrau an die Beine ihres Mannes, der nach einem Zwischenfall in einer Ryanair-Maschine bereits mit halbem Oberkörper aus dem Flugzeug hing. Bei der Boeing 737 war in etwa 4500 Metern Höhe ein Fenster geborsten.

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