"A flight attendant on the Air Canada Jazz flight that collided with a fire truck at New York's LaGuardia airport survived in what her daughter called a complete miracle, when she was ejected more than 100 metres from the plane while still strapped to her seat."
"At the moment of impact, her seat was ejected more than 100 metres from the plane. They found her and she was still strapped into her seat, her daughter Sarah Lepine told Quebec's TVA News."
"The loss of our two fellow crew members onboard Flight 8646 is a profound tragedy, said Jason Ambrosi, president of the Air Line Pilots Association, the largest airline pilot union in the world."
A flight attendant on an Air Canada Jazz flight survived a collision with a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport, being ejected over 100 meters from the plane. The incident resulted in the deaths of both pilots and injuries to nine others. The flight attendant, Solange Tremblay, suffered multiple bone fractures and underwent surgery for a broken leg. She had worked for Jazz Aviation for 26 years. The tragedy deeply affected the aviation community, with condolences expressed for the lost pilots and their families.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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