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Ryanair passenger recounts being partly sucked out airplane window: 'I am lucky'

The Ryanair passenger who was partly pulled out of a Boeing 737 when a window was smashed during a flight earlier this month recounted his horrifying experience, saying he is lucky to be alive.Ljubisa Karović, 61, was on a Ryanair flight operated by Malta Air from Thessaloniki, Greece, en route to Memmingen, Germany, on July 10 when debris believed to have come from the aircraft’s damaged engine struck and shattered a window shortly after departure.The plane lost cabin pressure and was forced to make an emergency return to Thessaloniki. Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said on Monday that prelimina...