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Officials later confirmed that the plane, arriving from Montreal, carried 72 passengers and four crew members. Two pilots lost their lives, while dozens were taken to hospitals, many later released. Two officers in the ground vehicle were also seriously injured.

For travelers caught in the chaos, the experience was disorienting. Flights were halted, terminals filled, and uncertainty spread quickly. One passenger, Katie Rojas, described sitting on a plane ready for takeoff when everything suddenly stopped.

“It tried taking off twice and both times literally stopped… It’s scary. You never know if it could have been one of us.”

What remains is not just a timeline of events, nor only the chilling audio that documents each moment as it unfolded. It is the collision of two realities.

A routine night that unraveled in minutes.