Ryanair CEO Disputes 16,000-Foot Claim Passenger Was Partly Sucked Out Window
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 10
Ryanair CEO Disputes 16,000-Foot Claim Passenger Was Partly Sucked Out Window
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 10
Summary
Michael O’Leary said the passenger stayed belted in his seat when a window shattered on a Malta Air flight in July, rejecting reports that the man was partly pulled out of the aircraft.
At about 16,000 feet after takeoff from Thessaloniki en route to Germany, O’Leary said the passenger was drawn violently toward the broken window but that no part of his body went outside.
The dispute centers on 61-year-old Serbian passenger Ljubisa Karovic, whose lawyer said his head, hand and part of his upper body were pulled out and that his wife and other passengers helped pull him back.
The lawyer said injuries to Karovic’s armpit and hand support that account and that four or five witnesses saw him partly outside, setting up a direct clash with Ryanair’s version of the incident.