A passenger on a European low-cost airline nearly was sucked out of the aircraft after a window shattered during the flight.

According to AFP on July 10 (local time), a window on a Ryanair flight traveling from Thessaloniki, Greece, to Memmingen, Germany, broke mid-flight.

As the window detached, a Serbian tourist was nearly pulled out of the aircraft, but was rescued safely because they had not unbuckled their seatbelt.

One passenger on the plane told AFP, "Suddenly, there was a sound like a tire bursting, and I felt the cabin pressure drop," adding, "A passenger's head and shoulders were outside the window."

Greek media reported that debris that detached from the aircraft's engine appeared to have damaged the window.

In a statement released that day, Ryanair said, "The flight returned to Thessaloniki after a passenger window detached during the flight."