Ryanair says its planes are safe despite passenger being nearly sucked out of window

The broken window of the Ryanair aircraft in a picture obtained from social media. An engine failure sent parts loose, which smashed the window. Photograph: Despoina Papapavlou/Reuters

Ryanair has moved to reassure travellers that its planes are safe after a passenger was saved from being sucked out of a window mid-flight and said it had been in touch with his family.

This month, Ljubisa Karović was sucked out headfirst after an engine failure resulted in parts smashing an acrylic window during a flight from Thessaloniki in Greece to Memmingen near Munich in Germany.