Evidence of Bird Strike After Man Nearly Sucked Out of Plane Window, NTSB Says The National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report into the near tragic incident involving Ryanair Flight 1879 has raised more questions than answers about the cause of the malfunction.
On July 10, as the plane took off from Thessaloniki, Greece, bound for Memmingen, Germany, a bird strike may have been the catalyst for a catastrophic series of events that left a passenger dangling precariously in mid air.
The investigation highlights several disturbing aspects of this incident. The engine updates mandated by 2028 had not been implemented on this particular aircraft.