The Jorge Chávez airport in Lima announced that it suspended its operations until noon this Saturday, following the accident recorded this day on the takeoff runway due to the collision of an emergency truck and a Latam plane.
“Operations at the airport have been suspended, due to the accident, until further notice,” said the Peruvian airport concessionaire, adding that at 1:00 p.m. this Saturday in Lima, operations should resume.
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Operations at the International Airport #JorgeChavez they will be suspended until this Saturday, November 19, at 1 pm We recommend that passengers contact their respective airlines to manage the rescheduling of their flights. ✈️ https://t.co/K9SMM4oR7U— Lima Airport Partners (@LAPJorgeChavez) November 18, 2022
In Santiago, meanwhile, the cancellation of at least 4 flights that were going to Lima tonight have been confirmed, while the airlines work to reassign passengers who would only make a stopover in Peru.
The accident occurred this Friday, when a plane was moving down the takeoff runway with a truck carrying rescuers, reported the concessionaire of the Lima Airport Partners (LAP) terminal.
As a result of that crash, the Latam company ship, which was going to fly to the southern Andean city of Juliaca, suffered a fire to the right wing and tail, which prevented its takeoff and, subsequently, the evacuation of its passengers and crew.
The images of the accident were immediately shared by social networks, as well as by the passengers following the rescue, and in them, it can be seen how several fire engines are deployed through the airport and one of them gets in the way of the airplane.
