Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleRyanair chief executive Michael O’Leary has denied claims that any part of a passenger’s body was sucked out of a broken window mid-flight. Serbian businessman Ljubisa Karovic, 61, suffered neck and shoulder injuries during the flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen on 10 July. The US National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident alongside Ryanair, Boeing, and engine manufacturer GE. Mr O’Leary acknowledged that Mr Karovic was sucked towards the window whilst strapped into his seat and is entitled to compensation, but dismissed claims for a multi-million-pound payout. Mr Karovic’s wife praised a fellow passenger who helped pull her husband to safety and blocked the shattered window with a suitcase. In fullRyanair boss ‘disputes’ claim passenger was partially sucked out of windowMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

Ryanair will be 'disputing' claims a passenger was sucked out of a plane window after a man suffered neck and shoulder injuries when the window broke on his flight to Germany

CEO Michael O’Leary tells reporters the businessman was sucked ‘towards’ but not ‘out of’ the opening