Flight attendant’s survival a ‘miracle’ after ejection from Air Canada jet
Strapped into her jump seat, Solange Tremblay was thrown from the wreckage at LaGuardia when the nose of the jet was severed
It’s a “total miracle,” Sarah Lepine told Canadian news station TVA Nouvelles.
She said her mother, Solange Tremblay, had multiple fractures to one leg and would need surgery but otherwise was OK. An aviation safety expert said she likely was helped by being in a seat with a four-point restraint used by crew members.
“At the moment of impact her seat was ejected more than 100 metres from the plane,” Lepine said. “They found her and she was still strapped into her seat. She had a guardian angel watching over her. It could have been much worse.”
The jet, carrying more than 70 passengers, was landing when it collided with a fire truck that was responding to a problem at another plane Sunday night. The nose of the Air Canada plane was destroyed, and the pilot and co-pilot were killed.