Published: 16:17 BST, 23 August 2026 | Updated: 17:58 BST, 23 August 2026
New vision has emerged from inside a Ryanair plane in the aftermath of a passenger being half-sucked out of the cabin when a window shattered during a flight.
Ljubisa Karovic, 61, was sitting in seat 11F onboard the flight from Thessaloniki, Greece, to Memmingen, Germany, when his right shoulder, arm and head were sucked outside about 20 minutes after takeoff on July 10.
It's understood broken engine parts smashed the cabin window while flying at 16,000ft and the sudden cabin decompression pulled him through the hole, while his wife was forced to cling desperately to him.
Footage obtained by 60 Minutes Australia showed passengers silently gripped oxygen masks to their faces as shattered glass flew around the cabin as wind rushed inside.
The vision also showed those around Mr Karovic as they attempted to hold him in place. It's believed the struggle to hold on to him lasted for up to two minutes until he was narrowly dragged back inside.
Eleni Kyranou, 33, was among those who held onto Mr Karovic with all her might.
'I did what I could to help a person, to save a life,' she told the program.
'But it still haunts me, the images and the sound has stayed with me.'
Ljubisa Karovic (pictured being held by passengers) was half-sucked out of a Ryanair flight from Greece to Germany on July 10
Mr Karovic (above) spent up to two minutes outside the aircraft and suffered injuries to his neck and shoudlers
Sofia Lavou managed to film the horrific incident. She'd believed the plane was going to crash and hoped the footage would help bring closure.
'I said, 'If I'm going down, at least I will have some proof of what happened',' Ms Lavou said.
The Daily Mail spoke to Mr Karovic two weeks after the ordeal, during which he had spent six days in hospital.
He said: 'I only remember hearing the explosion, not much else. I can remember sitting in my seat and was looking forward to seeing my brother because the whole family was getting together to surprise him for his 60th birthday.
