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Flight attendant thrown from Air Canada plane survives in a ‘total miracle’
Flight attendant Solange Tremblay survived with multiple leg fractures after the collision involving an Air Canada jet and a fire truck, with 41 injured transported to hospitals.
- A flight attendant survived after being thrown from an Air Canada plane that collided with a fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport while landing Sunday night.
- The jet, carrying more than 70 passengers, was landing Sunday night when it struck a fire truck responding to another plane.
- Emergency responders reported the nose of the Air Canada plane was destroyed and the pilot and copilot were killed, while flight attendant Solange Tremblay suffered multiple fractures to one leg and will need surgery.
- Aviation safety expert Jeff Guzzetti said the jump seat is bolted to the cockpit wall and a four-point restraint used by crew members likely helped her survive.
- Sarah Lepine called it a 'It's a "total miracle," as 41 passengers, crew and officers were taken to hospitals and LaGuardia remained closed.
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