Runaway food trolleys a 'terrifying experience' during Air Canada landing

An Air Canada passenger who landed in Ottawa Thursday morning says it was "terrifying" to see two loose trolleys in the cabin, one of which "was like a rocket shooting down the aisle."

Ron Schmidt was sitting in row33 at the back of the plane during Air Canada flight AC124, which was landingin Ottawa from Calgary at about 1:30 a.m. ET Thursday, when the incident occurred.

As the Embraer E190 aircraft with 93 passengers on board landed, one cart shot down the aisle, striking five people.

It "was like a rocket shootingdown the aisle as soon as the plane landed and braked," Schmidt wrote in an email to CBC News.

Meanwhile, another trolley "was smashing around" in the flight attendant's galley at the back of the plane, he said.

'I was able to reach and hold it'

"I was able to reach and hold it to the side so it wouldn't go down the aisle," Schmidt wrote. "It was a terrifying experience."

A 48-year-old woman one of the five peoplehit by thetrolley that rolled down the aislewas later treated by paramedics for a foot injury, Ottawa paramedics said.

An investigation is ongoing, according to Air Canada spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick.

The Air Canada component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, or CUPE, refused to comment on the incident until Air Canada's investigation is complete, according to spokesmanPhilippe Gagnon.