Desperate grip saves husband as Ryanair window shatters midflight
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A Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen diverted after engine debris shattered a window at 20,000 feet, leaving a man partially sucked out; his wife Svetlana Grković grabbed his legs and, with another traveler, held him in as the cabin pressure dropped and the plane returned to Thessaloniki. The man was seriously injured and unconscious at times; the incident is under investigation.
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