Passenger Nearly Ejected After Ryanair 737 Window Fails Mid-Flight

Incident occurred during a flight from Greece to Germany, prompting emergency landing.

Meg Godlewski

Friday, July 10, 2026 at 11:32 AM ET

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Travis Tingle

A Ryanair 737-800 aircraft approaches Barcelona Airport. [Credit: AirlineGeeks/William Derrickson]

Key Takeaways:

A Ryanair-operated Boeing 737 experienced a mid-flight cabin window failure shortly after takeoff from Thessaloniki, causing rapid depressurization.
A passenger was partially ejected from the aircraft but was pulled back in by fellow passengers, sustaining injuries before the plane returned safely.
The aircraft made a normal landing back in Thessaloniki, and the cause of the window failure, possibly due to an engine impact, is currently under investigation.

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A passenger aboard a Ryanair 737 was nearly ejected from the aircraft when the cabin window failed mid-flight. Multiple sources stated the window may have been struck by a piece of the aircraft’s engine, which caused the structure to fail, but the airline has not verified this.

The aircraft, operated by Malta Air for Ryanair, took off from the Greek city of Thessaloniki just before 6 a.m. local time on Friday. The flight was heading to Memmingen, Germany.