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Ryanair passenger sucked toward broken window after midair engine failure
- pfdietz 4mo agoThis is one reason to always be wearing your seat belt tightly when flying.
- hulitu 4mo agoCommon, it never happened to me. /s
- pfdietz 4mo ago"Low probability very high consequence situation has never happened to me, therefore I needn't do anything." -- someone who doesn't understand expectation in probability.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 4mo agoThey even put a "/s" at the end of their comment...
- pfdietz 4mo agoI wasn't referring to them directly, so I have plausible deniability.
- root-parent 4mo agoBecause its a Ryanair flight?
- pfdietz 4mo ago:)
- Peanuts99 4mo agoRyanair has a pretty high safety record, they fly modern, well maintained planes because their margins are lower and they make them up in volume.
- MikeNotThePope 4mo agoFun fact: Ryanair owns its fleet outright, and (currently) buys all of its new planes from cash flow. Pretty unusual for a major airline.
- culopatin 4mo agoI wonder if Ryanair is going to charge them for being oversized to fit through their designated window.
- root-parent 4mo agoWindow seat: €12.99
- Epa095 4mo agoThey will start charging extra for getting to not sit by a window.
- kevin_thibedeau 4mo agoThe entire row is at risk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Air_Lines_Flight_1288 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Air_Lines_Flight_1288
- tonyedgecombe 4mo agoWindow: €12.99 extra.
- 48488484 4mo ago[flagged]
- redsocksfan45 4mo ago[dead]
- flutas 4mo agoExtremely similar to Southwest flight 1380 which killed a person in the US after they were partially sucked out of a broken window from an engine failure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_Flight_1380 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Airlines_Flight_1380
- w4der 4mo agoAnd both were Boeing 737s ... (albeit different variants)
- insane_dreamer 4mo agoThe Alaska Airlines flight that had a door fall off was also a Boeing 737
- einsteinx2 4mo agoI was going to reply that I thought the Boeing 737 was also hands down the most popular commercial airplane model in current use, so of course it would have more high profile issues. Then I did a quick web search and apparently the Airbus A320 is actually more popular since 2025, otherwise they’re fairly close to even. Yet these things only seem to happen to Boeing. So yeah, never mind, fair game to blame Boeing actually.
- bombcar 4mo agoThis would all be solved if the engines were out in front of the plane like podracers.
- burnt-resistor 4mo agoThat wouldn't work because the Cg would be too far forward and the mechanical moment of pylons would be far too great. What needs to happen is proper redesign of the CFM56-7B engine cowl to contain fan, LP, and HP failures.
- burnt-resistor 4mo ago
- niwtsol 4mo agoI thought that the speed of the air moving outside of the plane had a bigger impact on the pressure imbalance that causes someone to be "sucked out" of plane. It appears that is a false belief, the inside/outside pressure difference is from the artificial pressurization of the internal cabin. I blame a high school physics teacher for the memorable "why does a soft top convertible poof out when driving fast?" question as a preamble to explaining bernoulli for my false assumption.
- SwiftyBug 4mo agoI learned about the artificial pressurization not too long ago. But until I read your comment, I assumed that in a case like that, the inside and outside pressures would balance shortly and the sucking would cease. Now it occurred to me that maybe the pressurization system will continue to try to compensate pressure in a situation where pressure can´t be stabilized due to a broken window, which would cause the sucking to go on. Not sure if that would be the case. Anyone knows what happens?
- niwtsol 4mo agoI believe standard protocol is for the pilot to reduce altitude until they are at a pressure that is fine to be at (<10k feet). Then they can make an emergency landing plan (or burn off fuel as in this case)
- root-parent 4mo agoR.Y.A.N.A.I.R. — Remove Yourself And Never Ask If Refunded
- bombcar 4mo ago£5 and we’ll drop you off at home before we land! Save the trip back from the airport.
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- Banania 4mo agoFrom https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgk65knkyzdo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgk65knkyzdo Media reports in Greece and Germany quoted passengers describing a loud bang followed by the window breaking and oxygen masks falling from the ceiling shortly after the Boeing 737 had taken off. They believe the window was smashed by pieces of the jet's engine - although Ryanair has not commented on this.
- zh3 4mo agoFirst place to look when this sort of thing happens is pprune.org - lots of pilots on there, often with specific knowledge of the aircraft type and/or of the incident itself. In this case: https://www.pprune.org/accidents-close-calls/672872-ryanair-window-loss-flight-10-july-2026-a.html https://www.pprune.org/accidents-close-calls/672872-ryanair-...
- mysterydip 4mo agoThat top reply made me laugh out loud: “>Glad it turned out well. >Wonder what the Ryanair social media team is going to do with this one Ryanair introducing new additional charge to have a window.”
- trolleski 4mo ago[flagged]
- pta2002 4mo agoRyanair has only ever lost a plane once, due to a bird strike with only some injuries, and they are one of biggest airlines by number of flights (if not the biggest). Turns out plane accidents are expensive, and the reputation loss as well. Don't even need to lose the plane, just the plane being stuck on the ground is expensive (they are also one of the most timely airlines because of this). Really can not afford to have accidents!
- trolleski 3mo agoForgot to add /s sorry
- dylan604 4mo agoCheap, safe, fast. You can have any 2 out of the 3.
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- clickety_clack 4mo agoWell, this isn’t very typical, I’d like to make that point. Look, the windows not supposed to fall off, for a start. These things are built to rigorous aeronautical engineering standards — cardboard’s out, cardboard derivatives, no cellotape, no string. So chance in a million, really. And to be clear, the plane that the window fell off was flown to safety. So there’s nothing out there but birds, air, wind and clouds… and the window that fell off.
- bombcar 4mo agoThe plane was towed outside the atmosphere.
- anaidioschrono 4mo agoThe (hilarious) reference: https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM
- RetroTechie 4mo agoThe window didn't "fall off". In article's 1st paragraph: "debris from a dramatic engine failure caused damage to the aircraft's window" That's high-velocity pieces of metal. Hard to prevent that from shattering a window if engine housing didn't catch it. How much stronger, thicker & heavier you want to make those windows? Costing how much more fuel? To save how many lives per year? I'd think airplane builders (note: not airlines!) are more qualified to make that calculation than armchair safety 'experts'.
- clickety_clack 4mo agoWell there are a lot of these airplanes going around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that airplanes aren’t safe.
- SirFatty 4mo agowhoosh..
- dingaling 4mo ago
- comrade1234 4mo agoWould it be strange to not have any windows on a plane? You could put thin oled panels on the wall instead. Seems like that would be more structurally sound.
- NBJack 4mo agoI suspect you'd lose the sense of depth that helps make the plane feel less small. There's also a safety factor for situational awareness; many carriers require shades to be open for the cabin crew to figure out the safest side to evacuate on in an emergency.
- bombcar 4mo agoYou could do something with mirrors, but the safety cards reference looking out the windows before opening the emergency doors, so I bet you need at least SOME.
- ares623 4mo agoNo, no we need more technology, more software. How about webcams and LCD panels in place of the windows?
- throw1234567891 4mo agoWhy fly at all? Just buy a large TV and sit in front of it. Get a ventilator to simulate wind, and a toilet freshener for a scent.
- lawlorino 4mo agoI could see this being a safety issue if there’s a problem with the wing or engine and the panels fail, so zero visibility. Its why they ask you to open the window blinds during take off and landing
- fian 4mo agoIt's also so that rescue personnel can see into the plane in the event it crashes.
- rediguanayum 4mo agoGood photo of the broken window in Aviation Herald: https://avherald.com/h?article=53ba2a01&opt=0 https://avherald.com/h?article=53ba2a01&opt=0 More discussion in: Airliners.net: https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1510797&sid=fc1ca4b918e59655ec40ef23cd9a883c https://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1510797&...
- dhosek 4mo agoThat photo ws in the main article as well.
- consumer451 4mo agoLesson learned for Ryanair leadership: charge more for seats not in range of debris from uncontained turbine failures. Seriously though, as an aviation geek, I always avoid those seats when given a choice.
- weinzierl 4mo agoSeats near the engine are loud, so two birds, one stone.
- AnimalMuppet 4mo agoSerious question: Which seats are the ones that are in range? Just in front of the wing, or just behind it?
- consumer451 4mo ago[flagged]
- consumer451 4mo agoChild comment if anyone would care to explain which info in the parent comment is incorrect.
- eddyzh 4mo agoThe fact that is is ai generated.
- consumer451 4mo agoSo, the lesson is not to mention that in the future. This was Opus agentic search, that's all. Opus-based agentic search is far superior to Google, but if I said I "googled it," I guess that would be fine? I stated that openly so that others didn't waste Kw of energy asking the same thing.
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- skrebbel 4mo ago> A report in a Hungarian publication claims, "A passenger was sucked into the window by the change in air pressure, with the 61-year-old man's head sticking out of the plane. Witnesses say his wife grabbed him, which was the reason he wasn't pulled out of the plane by the lower air pressure outside." [translation by Google] Points for the wife! (from https://www.pprune.org/accidents-close-calls/672872-ryanair-window-loss-flight-10-july-2026-a.html#post12117731 https://www.pprune.org/accidents-close-calls/672872-ryanair-...)
- euroderf 4mo agoIn the olden days, if someone saved your life, you owed them a year of free service. So this guy should be ready for a year of TOTAL housework dedication.
- lokar 4mo agoHe was pushed, not sucked. Pressure never sucks.
- onionisafruit 4mo agoedit: Never mind me. I think I was wrong about this. Colloquially speaking, it sucks. It’s like saying vacuum cleaners technically blow. It might be true but everybody knows it as sucking.
- IAmBroom 4mo agoCounterpoint: peer pressure. Checkmate, science!
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- lambdadelirium 4mo agoSUCTION
- NordStreamYacht 4mo agoBoeing 737
- drcongo 4mo agoOn a Boeing? No way!
- childintime 4mo agoAlternate title: Boeing 737 passenger sucked toward broken window after midair engine failure. Or else: Ryanair Boeing 737 passenger sucked toward broken window after midair engine failure.