Passengers aboard an Air Canada Jazz flight from Moncton to Toronto got a rocky welcome at Pearson International Airport on the weekend, but at least one passenger is feeling uneasy about what happened after they got off the plane.

The 37 passengers and three crew members were not injured after the main landing gear collapsed Sunday, but Sandy Kemsley says the real stress came later, as passengers waited for hours to get the carry-on belongings they left behind as they were evacuated from the aircraft.

"I would have been a lot more comfortable if I had been able to get even just my handbag that had my identification, my wallet and that sort of thing in it right away as it was, since I was kind of stressed for the whole three or four hours we were waiting," said Kemsley, a Toronto woman who had been visiting family in the Maritimes.

"I had no idea. Was it being secure, and how was I going to get it back, and what if I didn't get it back? That sort of thing."

Airline staff had asked the passengers to leave all their belongings on the plane.

Kemsley said she was angry to see that, hours later, her belongings were placed in the arrivals area, where there was no security nearby.

"They brought our carry-on things out in big plastic bags and started putting them out on a cart. And I saw my purse, and said, 'That's my purse,' and grabbed it. And anyone could have done the same thing."

The main landing gear on the 50-seat regional jet collapsed shortly after the plane landed on the Pearson runway. Passengers say the plane touched down once, bounced and landed again, making a loud, banging noise. Kemsley said she just thought a tire had blown.

Air Canada has apologized to its passengers for the delay in returning their belongings, but is releasing few details, other than saying the Transportation Safety Board is investigating the incident.