‘He didn’t get out the window’: Ryanair CEO disputes passenger was partially sucked out of plane, says he would get some compensation but not a huge payout

Passenger Ljubisa Karović was reportedly sucked out of the plane midair while wife Svetlana Grković pulled him back on a Ryanair plane. Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has disputed a passenger’s claim that he was partially sucked out of a plane after a window shattered mid-flight, saying the man was “certainly sucked towards the window” but never actually went through it. O’Leary made the comments on Thursday as he addressed reporters following Ryanair’s annual general meeting in Dublin, where he said the airline would challenge the passenger’s account while awaiting the outcome of a US investigation into the incident.“He wasn’t partially out the window. Part of his face didn’t get out the window,” O’Leary said. “We don’t think any part of his body got out the window, but he was certainly sucked in very dramatic circumstances towards the window.”On July 10, 61-year-old Serbian businessman Ljubisa Karović, who was travelling on a Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki, Greece, to Memmingen, Germany, was pulled towards the window midair when a window shattered. His wife Svetlana Grković said half of the husband's body was outside the window while she pulled him back inside the aircraft.Karović...