After a passenger was nearly sucked out of a Ryanair plane when a window failed shortly after takeoff from Thessaloniki, Greece, experts are explaining how the window could have cracked and broken.In the wake of the frightening ordeal, they also urge flyers to heed important warnings."Follow crew directions," Steve Arroyo, a Florida-based aviation safety expert and retired airline captain with 37 years of experience, told Fox News Digital.BOEING 737 MYSTERY TAKES PAINFUL TURN AS FAMILIES LEARN NAMES OF MISSING CREW"It seems redundant, but always have your seat belt fastened whenever you're seated," he added.Richard J.Levy, an aviation consultant, former American Airlines captain and Boeing 737 flight crew training instructor in Texas, told Fox News Digital that the depressurization happened after a piece of the engine reportedly broke off and struck the window. Ryanair confirmed that a flight returned safely to Thessaloniki after a passenger window became dislodged during the trip.
(iStock)"With a cracked window and the pressure on the window from cabin pressurization, the window cracked, broke — and then the extreme difference in air pressure from the cabin to the outside creates a strong suction," the expert said. "The person was then sucked out."MAJOR AIRLINE ROASTS PASSENGERS WHO JUMP UP RIGHT AFTER LANDING, IGNITING FIERCE BACKLASHRapid decompressions are "extremely rare events" at major airlines, Arroyo said, adding that commercial aviation is overall one of the safest modes of transportation today."It is mind-boggling that 4.4 billion passengers flew on the world's airlines in 2023 — 1.8 billion international passengers and 2.6 billion domestic passengers," he said."Yet, there were zero accidents."A passenger was nearly sucked out of a Ryanair plane when a window failed shortly after takeoff from Thessaloniki, Greece.
(iStock)But one expert told Fox News Digital that incidents like these are "not as uncommon as most passengers would like to think."Wil...