Tragedy struck at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport on Sunday night when an Air Canada Bombardier CRJ-900 commuter flight collided with a fire truck on the runway. The catastrophic incident resulted in the deaths of two pilots and left dozens injured. Remarkably, 74 individuals survived, including the fire truck’s two-man crew.
Out of the survivors, 41 passengers required hospitalization, although most sustained only minor injuries.
Among the incredible survival stories is that of flight attendant Solange Tremblay. Seated near the front of the aircraft, she was still strapped in when the collision occurred. The impact demolished the nose of the plane, catapulting her, seat and all, over 300 feet onto the runway.
Amazingly, not only did Tremblay survive the ordeal, but she also emerged with just a fractured leg. While a significant injury, considering the circumstances, it’s astonishing she wasn’t more severely harmed.
This incident might challenge your views on miracles.
The question remains: How did she endure such a violent crash? It appears her seat played a crucial role in her survival.
She is alive, and we pray for her recovery, truly unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/qCdKpXeAsW
— Turbine Traveller (@Turbinetraveler) March 24, 2026
But how did she survive such a violent impact? Her seat may have saved her:
Solange Tremblay was seated in her jump seat — which is specifically designed to withstand crashes — when Flight 8646 T-boned a Port Authority fire truck en route to an emergency around 11:40 p.m…
Jeff Guzzetti, a former federal crash investigator, said Tremblay escaped largely unscathed because of the special seat, which has a four-point restraint.
“The flight attendant’s seat is kind of a jump seat that folds down and is bolted to the wall, the same wall that the cockpit utilizes,” said Guzzetti.
“It’s a very robust seat,” he added. “It’s designed to withstand probably more crash loads than passenger seats because you need the flight attendant to help passengers get out of an airplane after a crash.”
Antoine Forest has been identified as one of the two pilots killed when a regional Air Canada jet collided with a Port Authority airport vehicle. Solange Tremblay, a flight attendant still strapped in her seat, survived being thrown from the plane. “She definitely has a guardian… pic.twitter.com/Fb0qlBqfHD
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) March 24, 2026
“She definitely has a guardian angel watching over her,” Tremblay’s daughter told Canadian news station TVA Nouvelles.
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Tremblay’s daughter, Sarah Lepine, told a Canadian news station that her mother’s survival was “a total miracle.”
“I’m still trying to understand how all this happened,” Lepine said, “but she definitely has a guardian angel watching over her.”
“At the moment of impact, her seat was ejected more than 100 meters (328 feet) from the plane. They found her and she was still strapped into her seat,” she said.
We wish her a speedy recovery, and our hearts go out to the families of the pilots.
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