Rya ai
flight
b oke
wi dow/Image:
NTSB
A
Rya ai
passe ge
was
pa tially
sucked
th ough
a
b oke
ai c aft
wi dow
afte
a
fa
blade
f om
the
pla e’s
e gi e
b oke
apa t
a d
st uck
the
cabi
sho tly
afte
takeoff
f om
G eece,
a
p elimi a y
epo t
by
the
US
Natio al
T a spo tatio
Safety
Boa d
(NTSB)
has
fou d.The
July
10
flight
to
Memmi ge ,
Ge ma y,
had
bee
i
the
ai
fo
less
tha
10
mi utes
whe
the
e gi e
suffe ed
a
majo
failu e,
fo ci g
the
Boei g
737
to
make
a
eme ge cy
la di g
i
Thessalo iki.The
passe ge ,
61-yea -old
Se bia
atio al
Ljubisa
Ka ović,
was
sitti g
i
seat
11F
whe
the
e gi e
deb is
shatte ed
the
wi dow
beside
him.
His
head
a d
ight
shoulde
we e
pulled
outside
the
ai c aft,
leavi g
him
se iously
i ju ed.His
wife,
Svetla a
G ković
Maksimović,
late
told
BBC
Se bia
that
she
a d
two
othe
passe ge s
held
o to
his
legs
fo
seve al
mi utes
while
he
was
bei g
pulled
back
i side
the
pla e.The
NTSB
said
othe
passe ge s
ma aged
to
pull
him
back
i to
the
cabi .
What
caused
the
wi dow
to
b eak?
What
caused
the
wi dow
to
b eak?
Acco di g
to
the
epo t,
the
ai c aft’s
No.
2
e gi e
bega
showi g
sig s
of
t ouble
about
seve
a d
a
half
mi utes
afte
takeoff,
whe
the
pilots
eceived
a
wa i g
i dicati g
high
e gi e
vib atio s.
The
vib atio s
i c eased
almost
two
mi utes
late .
The
pilots
the
hea d
a
loud
ba g
a d
the
autopilot
disco ected.A
exami atio
fou d
that
a
fa
blade
had
sepa ated
i side
the
CFM56-7B26
e gi e.
F agme ts
f om
the
b oke
blade
st uck
the
ai c aft’s
fuselage
a d
ight
ho izo tal
stabilise .The
deb is
damaged
seve al
pa ts
of
the
ai c aft,
i cludi g
the
metal
su ou di g
the
e gi e,
the
wi dow
at
ow
11
a d
the
fuselage
below
the
wi g.
The
ai c aft
also
suffe ed
damage
to
its
tail.The
NTSB
said
the
emai i g
pa t
of
the
b oke
blade
showed
evide ce
of
fatigue
c acki g,
i
which
epeated
st ess
causes
a
metal
compo e t
to
g adually
f actu e.Eight
othe
fa
blades
we e
also
fou d
to
have
damage
alo g
thei
leadi g
edges.
Bi d
emai s
fou d
i side
e gi e
Bi d
emai s
fou d
i side
e gi e
I vestigato s
also
fou d
bi d
emai s,
i cludi g
feathe s,
i side
the
damaged
e gi e.The
NTSB
said
fou
suspected
bi d
st ikes
i volvi g
the
same
e gi e
had
bee
epo ted
du i g
the
p evious
12
mo ths.
Bi d
emai s
we e
epo tedly
fou d
i
two
of
those
i cide ts,
although
i spectio s
at
the
time
fou d
o
damage.The
age cy
has
ot
yet
dete mi ed
whethe
a
bi d
st ike
caused
o
co t ibuted
to
the
July
e gi e
failu e.The
ai c aft’s
fa
blades
had
bee
i spected
i
May,
less
tha
th ee
weeks
befo e
the
i cide t,
with
o
p oblems
epo ted.
I cide t
co t adicts
Rya ai
CEO’s
ea lie
comme ts
I cide t
co t adicts
Rya ai
CEO’s
ea lie
comme ts
The
NTSB’s
fi di gs
diffe
f om
comme ts
made
by
Rya ai
CEO
Michael
O’Lea y
sho tly
afte
the
i cide t.Du i g
a
July
ea i gs
call,
O’Lea y
dismissed
epo ts
that
a
passe ge
had
bee
pa tly
pulled
th ough
the
wi dow.“Some
of
the
mo e
salacious
epo ts
that
o e
passe ge
was
halfway
out
the
wi dow,
head
out
the
wi dow.
Nobody
was
out
a y
wi dow,”
O’Lea y
said.He
also
suggested
that
the
ea ly
i dicatio s
poi ted
to
fo eig -object
damage
to
the
e gi e.The
NTSB
late
c iticised
O’Lea y
fo
publicly
comme ti g
o
the
possible
cause
while
the
i vestigatio
was
still
u de way.NTSB
Chai woma
Je ife
Home dy
w ote
to
O’Lea y
sayi g
that
i vestigato s
a d
thei
ep ese tatives
we e
p ohibited
u de
i te atio al
ules
f om
publicly
discussi g
pote tial
causes
o
i vestigative
i fo matio
while
the
i qui y
emai ed
ope .“M .
O’Lea y’s
public
stateme ts
violate
(i te atio al
ules)
as
they
p ovide
a
opi io
a d
a alysis
of
the
accide t
a d
suggest
pote tial
a eas
of
i te est
i
the
o goi g
i vestigatio ,”
Home dy
w ote.
O e
such
i cide t
occu ed
i
Ap il
2018,
whe
a
Southwest
Ai li es
Boei g
737
suffe ed
a
e gi e
failu e
that
shatte ed
a
cabi
wi dow
a d
pa tially
pulled
a
passe ge
outside
the
ai c aft.
The
passe ge ,
Je ife
Rio da ,
late
died
f om
he
i ju ies..