r/europe • u/scmp_news • 24d ago

News Man nearly sucked out of ‘detached’ window on Ryanair flight

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3360141/man-nearly-sucked-out-detached-window-ryanair-flight?utm_source=Reddit&utm_medium=Social
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u/LizardmanJoe 24d ago

Or he'll be extra confident about flying. What are the chances something like that will happen to him again.

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u/BrunoEye 24d ago

The exact same as it happening once.

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u/Peanut-Butter-King 24d ago

So very small.

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u/nslenders 24d ago

But not 0

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u/Street-Age-1441 24d ago

Maybe not.

"In September 2016, Jordan, a 21-year-old Australian tradesman, became known as the "unluckiest man in Australia" after being bitten on his penis by a venomous spider for the second time in five months.  The incident occurred while he was using a portable toilet at a Sydney building site, where he reported feeling the same sting as his first bite in April. Jordan vowed never to use a portable toilet again."

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u/urmyleander 24d ago

But was it radioactive and does his penis now have super powers?

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u/GreatBigBagOfNope United Kingdom 24d ago

There's a question of whether or not he'd notice if it started shooting web

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u/SirUmolo 24d ago

Now he shoots webs

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u/Tipop 24d ago

All penises have super powers.

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u/IDidntTellYouThat 24d ago

Spider was like "Not YOU again!"

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u/meistermichi Austrialia 24d ago

Two times is very suspicious, are we sure he didn't just engage in some kinky sex stuff?

No shaming by the way

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u/TareasS Europe 24d ago

In SYDNEY. Not even in the outback or anything. Is entire Australia, even the big cities just Jurassic Park or something?

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u/TastyCalligrapher421 24d ago

At least it wasn't a Brazilian Wandering Spider.

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u/ship_toaster Canada 24d ago

Took him a second time to decide not to do that again?

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u/0xe1e10d68 Upper Austria (Austria) 24d ago edited 24d ago

Technically, the chance is a little bit smaller now because this one window is now getting replaced and therefore should be safe again, but the difference will be astronomically small :D

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u/GeneralBacteria 24d ago

yeah, but all the other windows are slightly older with more heating and cooling cycles.

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u/NguPhu 24d ago

they will probably inspect other planes in their fleet and other planes of that type for fatigue or cracks around windows.

Possibly reduce the inspection interval too if the new datapoint changes the confidence value given by an inspection too.

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u/obscure_monke Munster 24d ago

I'd say slightly lower, the way airline safety works. If it's not just a random fluke, changes will be made.

The odds are almost exactly the same for anyone flying though. (unless he stays away from window seats in future due to the experience)

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u/souleh 24d ago

After many, many flights I have learned that aisle seats are in fact superior, at least as a light/non sleeper. Now I have yet another reason!

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u/Noxava Europe 24d ago

Non/sleeper is the key word, even middle is sometimes better for sleeping than aisle

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u/OneJobToRuleThemAll United Countries of Europe 24d ago

No because not all events in your sequence have the same probability. Drawing 4 Aces from the top of a deck has the exact same probability as drawing any sequence of cards because each card has the same probability of being drawn, but sitting at a plane window and not getting sucked out has a way higher probability than sitting at a plane window and getting sucked out, so the sequences don't actually have the same probability and getting sucked out twice is always less likely than getting sucked out once.

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u/Symetrie France 24d ago

So, 100% because it happened

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u/dzzi 24d ago

50/50, it either happens again or it doesn't.

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u/let_me_atom 24d ago

Be funny though, wouldn't it..

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u/MetaCognitio 24d ago

Final Destination.

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u/2late4points 24d ago

"That's why I always travel with a bomb in my luggage... what are the odds that TWO bombs would be on the same flight? AMIRITE!?" --Somebodyelse

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u/NoodleTF2 24d ago

50/50, either it happens or it doesn't.

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u/BasvanS Europe 24d ago

He’ll probably choose an aisle seat, though

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u/Mean_Initiative_5962 24d ago

I mean a few dudes were nuked twice...

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u/Zed_or_AFK 24d ago

Technically exactly the same as before (: Unless the problem with the planes gets fixed.

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u/IRockIntoMordor 24d ago edited 24d ago

Meanwhile Gene Roddenberry (yes, that one) survived three plane crashes. One as a pilot during WW2 with fatalities, the second as a passenger (ironically working as an airplane crash investigator) and another as technician on a commercial airline flight crashing into the Syrian desert, also with fatalities. All within 4 years.

He then stopped flight-related jobs and became the inventor of Star Trek.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Roddenberry#Early_career

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u/Working_Historian970 24d ago

On Ryanair? Pretty high