‘A miracle’: Canadian flight attendant ejected from plane survives New York crash
The Guardian • • general
Key Points:
- An Air Canada Jazz CRJ-900 flight collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia airport, resulting in the deaths of the pilot and co-pilot and injuring nine others, including flight attendant Solange Tremblay.
- Tremblay was miraculously ejected over 100 metres from the plane still strapped to her seat and survived with multiple bone fractures, requiring surgery for a broken leg.
- The pilots who died included Antoine Forest, 30, who had joined Jazz Aviation in 2022; the Air Line Pilots Association expressed condolences and highlighted the tragedy.
- Air traffic control recordings revealed confusion and attempts to stop the fire truck from crossing the runway just before the collision, with controllers acknowledging the severity of the incident and one admitting to being overwhelmed by an earlier emergency.
- Jazz Aviation operates regional flights for Air Canada under the Air Canada Express brand, and the airline has not yet released an official statement regarding Tremblay’s condition.
