Wife Sheds Tears as Husband Almost Vanishes from Ryanair Plane

Sun Sep 06 2026 05:25:40 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

A close call on a Ryanair flight saw a passenger on the brink of exiting midair, sparking panic and emergency medical response.

During a short‑haul Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen a cabin window unexpectedly opened, causing part of the fuselage to drop 9,000 feet. The husband was briefly out of the aircraft, with his wife and a neighboring passenger desperately trying to pull him back in. The abrupt descent lasted about ten minutes, and passengers heard a loud explosion before the crew forced an emergency landing. A Serbian national received treatment for friction burns at a local hospital. Ryanair confirmed the incident was caused by a window failure and announced the flight was cancelled shortly after departure.

Wife Sheds Tears as Husband Almost Vanishes from Ryanair Plane

During a short‑haul flight from Thessaloniki, Greece to Memmingen, Germany, a cabin window detached at around 9,000 feet. The sudden drop forced part of the fuselage downward, causing the passenger to fall out of the aircraft.

The wife later recounted that her husband was out for maybe two or three minutes, and that she and the lady sitting next to him pulled him back inside a frantic struggle.

Flight tracking logs show the aircraft spent roughly ten minutes in the air before rapidly descending. Passengers described hearing a loud explosion just before the emergency landing was forced.

In the aftermath, a 61‑year‑old Serbian national received treatment for friction burns at a Greek hospital, while the airline said the incident pre‑empted the flight, terminating it shortly after take‑off due to a window failure.