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Ryanair Disputes Passenger’s Claim After Engine Fan Blade Hit

By Drooid · Sep 11, 2026, 8:18 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Ryanair Window Shatter

Ryanair flight on July 10 suffered a shattered window that injured passenger Ljubisa Karovic.
NTSB said the window broke after fragments from a fractured right-engine fan blade struck it.
Karovic suffered neck and shoulder injuries, friction burns, and lost consciousness.
His wife Svetlana and other passengers held his legs and sealed the window with a box.
CEO Michael O’Leary said Ryanair will dispute the claim and Karovic is entitled only to limited compensation.

Summary

O'Leary Secures Pay

Ryanair shareholders approved Michael O’Leary’s €150 million pay package by roughly a two-to-one margin.
About one-third of shareholders voted against the pay package at the annual meeting.
O’Leary likened rival airlines to “high-fare rapists” at the press conference.
He also accused Nats chief Martin Rolfe of “telling lies to save his own skin” over a UK flight-plan outage.
Ryanair said it will publish detailed voting results later this week.

History

Historical Context

On 10 June 1990 a British Airways BAC One-Eleven lost its cockpit windscreen after 84 of 90 bolts were undersized, forcing an emergency landing and prompting a UK CAA inspection. On 10 July 2024 a Ryanair flight suffered a similar window breach from a fan-blade fragment, injuring passenger Ljubisa Karovic and sparking an NTSB probe. The repeats have driven tighter European window standards.

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Ryanair Window Shatter

Ryanair flight on July 10 suffered a shattered window that injured passenger Ljubisa Karovic.
NTSB said the window broke after fragments from a fractured right-engine fan blade struck it.
Karovic suffered neck and shoulder injuries, friction burns, and lost consciousness.
His wife Svetlana and other passengers held his legs and sealed the window with a box.
CEO Michael O’Leary said Ryanair will dispute the claim and Karovic is entitled only to limited compensation.

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