7月10日，瑞安航空公司FR1879班机从希腊塞萨洛尼基飞往德国梅明根途中发生险情 [1]。这架波音737-800飞机搭载149名乘客和4名乘务员 [1]，在爬升阶段右侧引擎的风扇叶片发生脱落 [1]，断裂的零件随后击碎了机舱窗户 [1]。坐在11F座位的61岁塞尔维亚企业家Ljubisa Karović被部分吸出窗外，幸被其他乘客抓住救回 [1]。
美国国家运输安全委员会(NTSB)的初步调查报告证实了引擎零件导致窗户破损的原因 [1]。班机随后安全返回塞萨洛尼基机场着陆 [1]。获救后，Karović表示："我很幸运活着回来了……可能是安全带救了我，或者这是命运" [1]。NTSB已被希腊当局授权对此事件进行全权调查 [1]。
A catastrophic engine failure caused a passenger to be partially sucked out of a Ryanair aircraft during flight on July 10, according to a preliminary investigation report.[1] Flight FR1879, a Boeing 737-800 carrying 149 passengers and 4 crew members, was traveling from Thessaloniki International Airport in Greece to Memmingen near Munich when the right-side engine's fan blade detached during the climb phase.[1] The debris from this failure struck and shattered a cabin window, creating sudden depressurization that partially drew out Ljubisa Karović, a 61-year-old Serbian businessman sitting in seat 11F.[1] Other passengers managed to grab and pull Karović back inside the aircraft before he could be fully ejected.[1]
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), authorized by Greek authorities to lead the full investigation, confirmed that a fan blade out (FBO) event in the number 2 engine was responsible for the incident.[1] The aircraft returned safely to Thessaloniki Airport and landed without further incident.[1] Reflecting on his harrowing escape, Karović stated: "I was very lucky to come back alive... it was probably the seat belt that saved me, or it was fate."[1]