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A woman has recounted the dramatic moments when she held on to her husband's legs to prevent him from being sucked out of the plane after a window broke off during a Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen, Germany.
Svetlana Grković told Greek public broadcaster ERT that her husband, Ljubisa Karović, was "out up to his chest" for about two minutes.
" I reacted immediately and grabbed her legs. I thought: 'If we're going to die, we're going to die together ,'" she told Serbian media outlet Nova.
According to her, with the help of two other passengers, they managed to pull him back inside the plane. She said her husband lost consciousness three times during the incident.
" The girl sitting next to him was holding his hand. The three of us pulled him inside. The oxygen masks fell off and panic broke out ," Grković said.
She added that the passengers also placed a suitcase in front of the opening created by the window, but it was immediately sucked out due to air pressure.
According to Grković, the incident may have started after a part of the engine broke off and hit the window next to her husband, causing immediate decompression in the cabin. Other passengers also reported hearing a loud noise, similar to an explosion.
However, authorities have not confirmed this version. A technical expert hired by the family estimates that a defect in the right engine may have caused metal fragments to hit the window, but the official investigation is still ongoing.
Passengers said that the fact that Karović was wearing his seatbelt was crucial in not being completely ejected from the plane.
Svetlana Grković said her husband, 61, is still in hospital with serious injuries and in a state of shock.
" It matters to me that he is alive. His hand is severely damaged and has burns. He cannot communicate normally and does not remember the entire event ," she said.
She added that her husband trembles every time he hears talk about planes, while she herself continues to experience the psychological consequences of the incident.
"I was afraid for our lives. I thought the plane was going to crash," she said.
According to flight data, the plane lost about 2,700 meters of altitude just 10 minutes after takeoff, before returning to Thessaloniki airport.
In a statement, Ryanair confirmed that the flight turned back “shortly after takeoff after a passenger window became detached during the flight.” The company said the plane landed normally and that one passenger received medical attention after landing.
The incident is being investigated by the Hellenic Air and Railway Safety Investigation Authority. Experts from Boeing, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) are also participating in the investigation, as the aircraft is a US-made Boeing 737-800 and the incident occurred in North Macedonian airspace.
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