Solange Tremblay, the flight attendant on the plane that crashed at LaGuardia Airport, had been seated RIGHT BEHIND the pilots when the tragedy

According to the passenger, what followed unfolded in a matter of seconds. At first, many on board didn’t realize just how serious the situation had become.

What Happened After the Collision

As the situation unfolded on the ground, air traffic control audio captured the immediate aftermath of the incident.

When the audio resumed, the tone had completely changed. The calm rhythm of instructions was gone, replaced by the stunned language of people reacting to something they had just seen unfold.

At 10:16, one voice says, “We’re holding here.” A second later comes the explanation:

“Alright, there’s an incident on the field.”

The reply says it all:, “Yeah, we saw it, man.”

From there, operations appeared to grind to a halt. By 11:42, the recording said that the airport had shut down due to an active incident on the field. The dispatcher told the crew to wait and check back in ten minutes.

The shutdown continued well beyond the immediate aftermath. At 18:08, another message stated, “We’re not moving aircraft right now, all right. When I have more for you, I will reach out. I don’t know, just call the tower, and we’ll figure it out. This could have been a big incident.”

But the most devastating exchange came near the end of the recording, when the emotional weight of what happened seemed to land in full.

At 25:26, one person mentioned that they were already working on the situation and commented on how difficult it was to watch.

Five seconds later, at 25:31, another voice said, “Yeah, I know I was here. I tried to reach out to my stuff, and we were dealing with an emergency earlier. I messed up.”

The response, just seconds later, was the line that lingered: “No man, you did the best you could.”

Passenger Recounts Terrifying Moments

In a post shared on Reddit, a Redditor identified as bradysego12, who said they were on board, described how the situation escalated shortly after touchdown at LaGuardia Airport.

“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,” the passenger wrote.

An accompanying image shows the aircraft’s nose angled downward, with visible damage near the front, as emergency lights reflect across the wet tarmac — an eerie snapshot of the aftermath.

As confusion spread inside the cabin, the passenger recalled hearing that a last-second maneuver may have prevented an even worse outcome. The person shared: