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Plane flying to Memmingen in Germany diverts back to Thessaloniki
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Passenger partially sucked out of window, sources say
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No comment from Ryanair on why passenger needed medical help
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FlightRadar24 shows Boeing jet diverted back to Thessaloniki
ATHENS, July 10 (Reuters) - Ryanair (RYA.I), opens new tab said one of its planes was forced into an emergency landing at Thessaloniki airport in Greece shortly after takeoff on Friday after a window was "dislodged", with two industry sources saying a passenger was partially sucked out of it.
The airline said one person received medical assistance, but did not elaborate on the cause.
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The plane was scheduled to fly from Thessaloniki to Memmingen airport in Germany but returned to Thessaloniki "when a passenger window dislodged inflight," Ryanair said in a statement.
FlightRadar24 showed a Boeing (BA.N), opens new tab 737 NG jet en route to Memmingen diverted back to Thessaloniki on Friday morning.
The same plane had diverted back to Thessaloniki on a flight to Sarajevo on Thursday evening, also shortly after takeoff, according to the data and a source, although it is unclear why.
Local media in Greece reported that a piece of engine broke off and smashed a window during the flight on Friday, causing the cabin to decompress and sucking one passenger partially out of the window. Two sources with knowledge of the incident relayed the same details to Reuters.
Ryanair did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment on that account of the incident.
"The aircraft landed normally and passengers returned to the terminal," Ryanair said in its statement.
Unverified videos posted on social media from the inside of the plane showed a broken window and oxygen masks dangling from the ceiling.
A Greek airport source said that the aircraft is still on the ground in Thessaloniki and investigators are looking into the incident.
Reporting by Renee Maltezou, Michele Kambas, Padraic Halpin, Ivana Sekularac, Conor Humphries and Joanna Plucinska; Editing by Edward McAllister and Susan Fenton
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Renee Maltezou has covered major news events from Greece, from devastating wildfires, riots and anti-austerity protests to snap elections and the 2016 migrant crisis. She reported from Athens and Brussels the twists in Greece's heated bailout negotiations with its international lenders during the country's decade-long financial meltdown and was a finalist with her Athens bureau colleagues for the Reuters Reporting Team of the Year in 2012 and Story of the Year in 2015. Today she covers mainly politics, crime, climate change and shipping, including Red Sea attacks. She read journalism at the City University in London and linguistics at the University of Athens and the Freie Universität Berlin.
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