‘The explosion is what I remember’: man nearly sucked out of Ryanair plane recounts ordeal

Ljubisa Karović says the moment that has stayed with him most is not the panic that followed, but the blast itself.

In an exclusive interview with The Guardian, Karović recounted the ordeal on a Ryanair flight from Greece to Germany in which he was nearly pulled out of the aircraft. He said the “explosion” just before the incident is what he remembers most clearly, describing the thunderous sound of the window shattering as the moment that jolted him awake in seat 11F, a window seat on the early-morning flight.

Karović told the newspaper that surviving the episode felt “nothing short of a miracle.” Eleven days and 11 nights after the flight, he said the events still replay in his mind, with the sequence of noise, shock and chaos remaining difficult to shake.

According to the report, the shattering of the window led to a terrifying emergency in the cabin. Karović’s account underscores how quickly a routine journey can turn into a life-threatening situation in air travel, with passengers suddenly facing events beyond their control.

The account, drawn from a monitored public feed, highlights the human side of an aviation incident that left one passenger speaking of catastrophe and survival in the same breath. Karović’s recollection is centered less on the minutes that followed than on the moment the aircraft changed from ordinary to terrifying.

Source attribution: The Guardian’s Business reporting is the basis for this article, which is written from monitored public feed details and kept to the facts available in the summary.

Source: The Guardian Business - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/21/the-explosion-is-what-i-remember-man-nearly-sucked-out-of-ryanair-plane-recounts-ordeal