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NTSB investigation: bird strike and detached engine part caused window rupture on Ryanair Thessaloniki-Memmingen flight

Olovo · started August 14, 2026 at 12:12 PM · last changed 3d ago

Summary

US NTSB investigators found that a fan blade detached in the right engine of a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, shattering a window and damaging the fuselage, with bird remains found in the engine suggesting a bird strike during takeoff from Thessaloniki. A Serbian passenger, Ljubiša Karović from Vrnjačka Banja, was nearly pulled through the broken window and injured before being pulled back in by crew and fellow passengers, after which the plane returned to Thessaloniki.

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