The Latest Breaking News from Thessaloniki

Ryanair and easyJet announce new flight routes for next summer – here’s the full list

Ryanair and easyJet have announced new flight routes for next summer, expanding connections between UK airports and popular holiday destinations. EasyJet has launched 18 new routes from 10 UK airports, including six new services to Spain and its first-ever flights to Girona. Meanwhile, Ryanair has released the first of its…

The Independent UK · 10h ago

Thessaloniki counters visual vandalism with colourful graffiti in Ano Poli

Colours, flowers and Japanese-inspired motifs are appearing on homes in the historic neighbourhood, transforming the streetscape and drawing in locals and tourists.

Euronews · Aug 26

Ryanair window smashed by engine debris in Thessaloniki incident: report

Serbian national Ljubisa Karović was nearly sucked head-first through the broken window but was saved as other passengers, including his wife, held onto him.

Euronews · Aug 14

Ryanair passenger relives terrifying moment he was sucked out of window at 20,000ft

Ljubisa Karovic was pulled him back in to the plane by his fellow passengers, and he remembers very little of the incident

Evening Standard · Jul 22

‘The noise is there when I close my eyes’: Ryanair passenger relives moment he was nearly sucked out of window

Fellow passengers held on to Ljubisa Karovic and pulled him back in, although he remembers very little of the incident

The Independent UK · Jul 22

Svetlana Grković held husband as he was partially sucked out after Ryanair flight's window shattered mid-air: 'If we die, we die together'

A passenger window shattered on a Ryanair flight from Greece to Germany. The man was partially sucked out, but his wife and others pulled him back. He sustained injuries and is receiving hospital treatment after the terrifying incident. The aircraft returned to Thessaloniki shortly after takeoff due to the window…

The Economic Times · Jul 22

'If we die, we die together': Meet Svetlana Grković who grabbed husband's leg after his body went outside a plane mid-air

Svetlana Grković was flying from Greece to Germany when a window shattered, sucking out the man sitting nearby. Half of his body was outside the window, though he had his seatbelt on. But Ljubisa Karović's wife held him by the legs and said: "If we die, we die together". The…

The Times of India · Jul 21

Wife of Ryanair passenger sucked through plane window recalls ordeal

Svetlana Maksimovic and her husband Ljubisa Karovic had just settled into a Ryanair flight last week when a loud bang pierced the hum of engines. In what Greek officials have described as a rare incident, Karovic, sitting in a window seat, was pulled through the window as his wife and…

Bangkok Post · Jul 15

‘If we die, we die together’: Woman describes terror of husband sucked through Ryanair window at 20,000ft

Ljubisa Karović remains in hospital and unable to speak, having suffered burns after spending two minutes with his head and chest sucked out of the cabin mid-flight

The Independent UK · Jul 14

'If we die, we die together': Wife's dramatic bid to save husband as he was sucked out of Ryanair plane window

‘I thought to myself: 'If we die, we die together.' It was terrifying’ - Svetlana Grković

Evening Standard · Jul 14