What began as a routine landing at LaGuardia Airport turned into a nightmare in seconds — but one last action from the cockpit may have prevented an even greater tragedy.A passenger onboard the Air Canada Express flight that collided with a fire truck late Sunday night is now sharing what those final moments felt like from inside the cabin — and why they believe the pilots are heroes.
“We felt a jolt… then a loud bang”New York’s LaGuardia Airport was shut down for several hours after an Air Canada plane struck a fire truck during landing on Sunday night.Officials confirmed that both the pilot and co-pilot were killed in the crash, while two fire officers were injured.

According to a firsthand account posted online, the plane had already landed and was taxiing when everything suddenly went wrong.a post shared on Reddit, a user identified as “bradysego12,” who said they were on board the flight, described the terrifying moment after landing:We had just touched down and maybe about 30 seconds later we all felt a jolt forward, then a loud bang, and what felt like sliding sideways down the runway.”At first, many onboard didn’t fully grasp the severity of what had just happened. But within moments, fear and confusion spread through the cabin.™”Right as we hit the ground, we kind of felt, like, the brake was pretty hard and we all felt something was wrong,” said passenger Jack Cabot, describing the moment of the collision to CBC News.