Ryanair - window coming loose mid flight??

branwen111

Hello

On my flight back with Ryanair from Gran Canaria to Bristol, the window next to me was coming off! (I have pictures but can't post on here).

Would I be eligible for compensation?

I felt it was quite dangerous!

Thanks

leylandsunaddict

Compensation for what? Nothing happened and you arrived safely. I know its Christmas but asking for compensation for nothing is taking the greed of the compensation culture to a new (low) level.

Hopefully you informed the cabin crew so it could be looked at, but just because the window reveal was loose doesn't mean it was dangerous. It's only there to protect the glass from being scratched.

macman

So dangerous that you didn't mention it to one of the cabin crew, but just took some pictures of it instead?

bagand96

Nonsense.

If the window was loose you, and everyone else on board would have known about it. Best case scenario the aircraft wouldn't have pressurised in the climb, or would have had a slow decompression, the crew would have known and you'd have diverted. Worst case, an explosive decompression, which would have been far more dramatic, you'd have all been on oxygen and we'd have read about "terrifying scenes aboard packed holiday jet" in all the usual rags.

What probably was loose was the internal trim/bezel/cabin wall. Obviously being so concerned, you'd have told the cabin crew. What did they say?

zagfles

bagand96 wrote: »

What probably was loose was the internal trim/bezel/cabin wall. Obviously being so concerned, you'd have told the cabin crew. What did they say?

As it's Ryanair probably "10 euros for a new trim"

DCFC79

branwen111 wrote: »

Hello

On my flight back with Ryanair from Gran Canaria to Bristol, the window next to me was coming off! (I have pictures but can't post on here).

Would I be eligible for compensation?

I felt it was quite dangerous!

Thanks

Claim denied

motorguy

branwen111 wrote: »

Hello

On my flight back with Ryanair from Gran Canaria to Bristol, the window next to me was coming off! (I have pictures but can't post on here).

Would I be eligible for compensation?

I felt it was quite dangerous!

Thanks

Go on then - compensation for what?

shaun_from_Africa

The windows of pressurised aircraft are normally made up of at least 2 separate pieces and more often than not, 3 pieces.
If the part that was coming off was the inner piece, this is simply a sheet of plastic which is only there to protect the first of the glass panes and if this plastic sheet came off, there would be no danger posed to the aircraft or passengers.

CKhalvashi

zagfles wrote: »

As it's Ryanair probably "10 euros for a new trim"

Bit more than that. You can't just use parts off another plane either, everything needs to be recorded as to what's come off what, with part numbers and etc.

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

The windows of pressurised aircraft are normally made up of at least 2 separate pieces and more often than not, 3 pieces.
If the part that was coming off was the inner piece, this is simply a sheet of plastic which is only there to protect the first of the glass panes and if this plastic sheet came off, there would be no danger posed to the aircraft or passengers.

This is correct.

Ryanair have a young and extremely well maintained fleet. I hope you let cabin crew know so that maintainence could take a look at it as soon as possible, thus stopping the problem for any other passengers.

IIRC on the A320 (Ryanair use the 737, but probably very similar) there are 2 'windows' and the internal bit of plastic to protect these, so at least 2 failsafes.

If it was a serious problem with decompression (as with the BA A380 at Baku) the flight would have diverted. The above was due to a leaking door seal, and IIRC the batch of planes with the same part batch had the seals replaced by Airbus.

Aviation is very heavily regulated, there was no danger to OP from what is said, and therefore no compensation is due.

shaun_from_Africa

CKhalvashi wrote: »

Bit more than that. You can't just use parts off another plane either, everything needs to be recorded as to what's come off what, with part numbers and etc.

Tell me about it!
I work on a fleet of 8 helicopters, and at any time one of these is normally grounded for routine maintenance.
Due to us always being short of spares in our stores, the aircraft on maintenance is often used as our spares supply and the paperwork involved to remove, inspect, recertify and then fit that part to another aircraft is unbelievable.

motorguy

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Tell me about it!
I work on a fleet of 8 helicopters, and at any time one of these is normally grounded for routine maintenance.
Due to us always being short of spares in our stores, the aircraft on maintenance is often used as our spares supply and the paperwork involved to remove, inspect, recertify and then fit that part to another aircraft is unbelievable.

Good to hear.

There is no margin for error for getting it wrong.