Ryanair-Air Malta Plane Window Blows Out Mid-Air

Why did Ryanair-Air Malta plane window blow out mid-air and could it happen again?

Passenger Ljubisa Karović was nearly sucked out of his seat when Boeing 737-800’s window blew out on flight from Greece For nervous flyers, it sounds like the stuff of nightmares; for most, only contemplated in an action movie. But last week, a passenger really was nearly sucked out through a broken aircraft window mid-flight. Ljubisa Karović was on a Ryanair-Air Malta flight leaving Thessaloniki in Greece when the adjacent window blew out of the Boeing 737-800, pulling his head and shoulders...

By Ian Sample and Gwyn Topham