A bird strike may have been the cause of an incident in which a passenger was nearly sucked out of a broken window aboard a Ryanair flight in Europe last month, the NTSB found.

According to aviation experts, it’s for safety and visibility. Flight attendants may require window shades to be up during takeoff and landing for passenger safety. Open windows let passengers and ...

Broken engine parts shattered a window on a Ryanair plane shortly after takeoff in Greece last month, causing a man's head to be sucked through the opening before his fellow passengers pulled him to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man was reportedly nearly sucked through an airplane window Friday morning. Four people were injured. File Photo by Stringer/EPA ...

We've all been on flights and seen the little dot at the bottom of the window pane. It's just one of those things that we all notice and acknowledge but don't necessarily understand — much like the ...

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