Passengers on a Ryanair flight heading to Liverpool have recalled how they ‘thought they were going to die’ as the plane made an emergency diversion – on the same day a man was partially sucked out of a window on another flight by the budget carrier. Flight FR9887 was en route from Alicante to the UK city on July 10 when the aircraft experienced severe turbulence an hour into the journey.Holidaymakers and crew members were reportedly thrown towards the ceiling.The plane was then forced to divert to Nantes in France due to people being injured on board.One passenger on the flight recalled how the incident was ‘absolutely terrifying’, describing how the plane swiftly dropped. He told the Liverpool Echo: ‘Everyone was screaming, crying, we all thought we were going to die.’ Ryanair flight FR9887 heading from Alicante to Liverpool experienced severe turbulence on July 10, leaving some passengers startled It happened on the same day a man was partially sucked out of a window on another flight by the budget carrierDrinks reportedly went flying and ‘the air hostesses went up in the air’, according to the passenger. The turbulence eased for a couple of seconds before striking again. ‘Passengers had their hands on people’s shoulders and held them down so they wouldn’t hit the roof,’ he said.When the plane arrived in Nantes, the passenger said paramedics came and carried someone off on a stretcher and an air hostess was taken to hospital with a knee injury.’When they let us off, they asked every one of us if we needed assistance,’ the passenger recalled.A Ryanair spokesperson told the Daily Mail: ‘FR9887 from Alicante to Liverpool Friday, 10 July, experienced some air turbulence mid-flight. ‘The aircraft diverted and landed normally at Nantes Airport, and a small group of passengers were taken for medical treatment.’A replacement aircraft was arranged and departed for Liverpool at 00:20 local time.’ Part of the plane’s engine broke and smashed into the window on flight FR1879The incident happened the very same day a passenger on a different Ryanair flight was partially sucked out of a window at 20,000ft.Ljubiša Karovi?, from Serbia, was left hanging outside the aircraft while his desperate wife, Svetlana Grkovi?, clung to his feet after a piece of the engine broke away during the flight and smashed through the window.The Boeing 737-800 flight FR1879 – travelling from Thessaloniki, Greece, to Memmingen, Germany – was forced to turn back and make an emergency landing at its departure airport following the dramatic incident.Passengers said they heard a deafening bang moments after takeoff, which turned out to be the aircraft’s window shattering.Moments later, Mr Karovi? – seated next to the window – was sucked through the opening, placing him within inches of death.But his wife held him by his legs for about five minutes, after which fellow passengers were able to pull him back into the cabin as oxygen masks dropped down. ‘I reacted immediately and grabbed his legs. I thought: “If we die, we die together.” It was horrible,’ she recalled. Passenger Ljubiša Karovi? ended up hanging outside the aircraft as his wife held onto him from insideA Ryanair spokesman previously told the Daily Mail: ‘A Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen on Friday morning returned to Thessaloniki shortly after take-off when a passenger window dislodged in flight.’The aircraft landed normally and passengers returned to the terminal.’One passenger requested and received medical assistance on the ground in Thessaloniki.’In order to minimise any delay, a replacement aircraft was arranged to bring passengers to Memmingen which departed Thessaloniki at 9.53am local [time] this morning.’