Shocking new vid from inside Ryanair plane emerges moments after passenger was sucked out of smashed window at 16,000ft

A NEW video shows Ryanair passengers gripping Ljubisa Karovic after he was “sucked up to his shoulders” out of a cabin window at 16,000ft. That the 61-year-old came back from “the brink of death” and lived to tell the tale is nothing short of miracle – but the footage reveals the hellish conditions people were forced to endure. Ljubisa Karović was injured after he was sucked out of the aircraft Credit: 60 Minutes Ljubisa seen on seat 11F after he was pulled out Credit: 9 News Australia Shattered glass flew around the cabin as wind rushed inside as travellers clutch to their oxygen masks. Several people can be seen holding Ljubisa, in seat 11F – after pulling him out of the window – in a struggle that is believed to have lasted up to two minutes. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! Eleni Kyranou, 33, who was sitting next to him was among his saviours. She grabbed his arm as the force of the outside air pressure pulled him out of the aircraft. A passenger sitting next to him clutched to his arm to save him Credit: 9 News Australia His wife, Svetlana, is seen holding his neck Credit: 9 News Australia “I did what I could to help a person, to save a life,” she told 60 Minutes Australia. “But it still haunts me, the images and the sound has stayed with me.” Sofia Lavou pulled out her phone to film the horrible moment as proof of what happened in case she was killed. She said: “We put on our oxygen masks, and you suddenly feel like the plane is falling because you feel like you’re falling, like the plane is falling. Most read in The Sun Svetlana with her husband Ljubisa on holiday Credit: Facebook “So that’s why we all thought we were going to die, so I needed proof. “So I said, if I’m going down, at least I will have proof of what happened.” Broken engine parts are believed to have smashed the cabin window and the sudden cabin decompression sucked Ljubisa through the hole. The Serbian businessman was left with “serious injuries” after his head and neck were exposed to brutal 370mph winds on the flight from Thessaloniki, Greece, to Memmingen, Germany. The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) wrote in a preliminary report that there was an “engine fan-blade-out (FBO) failure” shortly after take-off. The Boeing 737 jet, operated by subsidiary Malta Air, climbed to 16,000ft before the pilots received a “high vibration” alert from the right engine. The NTSB report said: “They reduced the engine power and initiated the ‘Engine High Vibration non-normal checklist’. “Shortly after, the engine vibration indication was reduced. The crew subsequently continued the climb on autopilot.” But the engine fires then increased dramatically before the crew heard a loud bang and the cabin altitude warning began to sound. The flight crew then declared an emergency, donned their oxygen masks and began an immediate descent. Now safely back on the ground in Katerini, Ljubisa is still recovering from his injuries. The dad-of-two is still in a neck brace, and has burns on his back and right hand. He was also temporarily paralysed – and his head had swollen while he suffered damage to his right ear and eye. The nightmare ordeal has also left psychological scars as he explained that he is not “functioning properly”. “Now everything is bothering me,” Ljubisa added. “Mentally, I have hit rock bottom. “It has an effect on both my work and family. It is a complete upheaval in my life.” Comment now