
An Air Canada flight attendant who was thrown from the plane during the crash at LaGuardia has been seen in her hospital bed for the first time— as her daughter described horrific injuries she is recovering from.
Solange Tremblay, a 26-year veteran flight attendant, was hurled more than 320 feet when she was ejected from Jazz flight 8646 inbound from Montreal after it crashed into a fire truck on the New York airport’s runway on the night of March 22.
“During the crash she was… ejected over 320 feet from the wreckage. She was found still strapped in her jump seat lying on the tarmac,” her daughter, Sarah Lepine, said in a GoFundMe page to support her mother’s medical treatment.
“My mother’s injuries include two shattered legs (open fractures) requiring multiple surgeries where metal plates are needed to repair the damage done to her legs,” Lepine continued.
“She sustained a fractured spine where she continues to wait and see if surgery is required. Furthermore, she requires skin graphs to repair the missing flesh she lost on her legs while sliding down the tarmac,” she went on.
“She has even received a blood transfusion due to complications from her first surgery,” Lepine said, while sharing a picture of her mother in her New York hospital bed.
Both pilots were killed in last Sunday’s disaster, which obliterated the plane’s cockpit.
Tremblay’s daughter said that her mother faces a years-long recovery.
“My mom has suffered so much from this event and regrettably her struggles are far from over,” she wrote.
“She will have to undergo several other surgeries, along with intensive rehabilitation to learn how to walk again. At the moment our greatest fear is the risk of infection which could lead to other horrifying complications if her injuries become infected,” Lepine said.
“My mother dedicated her entire life as a flight attendant, and was very proud of her work. She loved serving the public and helping them travel safely from their respective destinations,” she said.
“Right now, my mom needs your help. She is in New York for the foreseeable future for her recovery where she remains in constant fear of sustaining further damages than she has already suffered,” Lepine wrote, as she asked for help with the fundraiser.
The last firefighter to be injured in the crash at LaGuardia was released from the hospital Saturday.
Dozens were injured in the collision, which is being blamed on air traffic control miscommunications.
“At this point we’re going to wait for the [National Transportation Safety Board] to give us some guidance on what occurred and if there’s anything that needs to be changed,” the new head of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Kathryn Garcia, told CBS News New York.
Pilots at LaGuardia have long complained about close calls and confusion with air traffic control, according to reports.
Its runway is notably shorter than those at nearby JFK and Newark Liberty Airport, but Garcia wouldn’t speculate if that or other infrastructure issues were a factor in the crash.
“As I said, I can’t speculate on what they’re gonna find. Obviously, the [Federal Aviation Administration] has strong regulatory authority over our airports, including everything from the size of a runway to the lights, to the signs,” Garcia said.
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