Bangladesh, July 11 -- A Ryanair flight suffered an uncontained engine failure shortly after takeoff from Thessaloniki in Greece on July 10, dislodging a passenger window and partially sucking a man out of the aircraft.

The 61-year-old male passenger, seated by the window, was held back by his wife, who gripped his feet to stop him from being pulled entirely out of the plane, according to a Greek doctor who treated him on the tarmac.

The Boeing 737 declared an emergency as oxygen masks deployed inside the cabin. The aircraft, bound for Memmingen in Germany, returned safely to Thessaloniki, a senior Greek aviation official said.

Debris from the failed engine struck the fuselage, damaging it and breaking the window, the official said. T...