At 17:11 local time (20:11 UTC) this Friday, November, 18, a LATAM Airbus A320neo and an Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) vehicle collided at Jorge Chavez Airport, which serves the city of Lima, Peru. For reasons still unknown, the vehicle approached the active runway at high speed and collided with the aircraft, whose right main gear collapsed and caught fire due to friction against the runway.
Preliminary reports indicate that the passengers of flight LP 2213 were not seriously injured and that the fire was quickly brought under control. The plane, with registration CC-BHB, operates for LATAM Perú and was scheduled to cover the route between Lima and Juliaca. Lima Airport Partners, the airport’s concessionaire, reported the situation through a statement issued through social media:
🚨#Atención🚨
Se ha registrado un accidente en la pista de aterrizaje del #JorgeChávez. Nuestros equipos están brindando la atención necesaria a todos los pasajeros y pasajeras, quienes se encuentran bien. Asimismo, estamos investigando para determinar las causas del hecho.— Aeropuerto Jorge Chávez (@AeroJorgeChavez) November 18, 2022
Sources reported that this would be the third A320neo accident with severe damage worldwide, following the events of flights Pegasus 939 and VietJet 356. LATAM Perú released an official statement via Twitter, confirming that there were no passengers or crew injured.
Lamentamos confirmar que el vuelo LA2213 que cubría la ruta Lima – Juliaca, operado por LATAM Airlines Perú sufrió un accidente en tierra. No hay pasajeros ni miembros de la tripulación fallecidos.
— LATAM Perú (@LATAM_PER) November 18, 2022
Unfortunately, it was later confirmed that two firefighters on board the ARFF vehicle died.
The airport’s runway 16/34, according to its latest NOTAM (Notice To Airmen), will remain closed until 0:00 on Sunday 20/11, once the aircraft has been removed and the cleaning and repair of the damaged infrastructure has been completed.
See also: A Fire Drill, main factor of the LATAM crash in Peru Airport
On October 26, another LATAM’s Airbus A320 was involved in an incident, when Chilean subsidiary’s CC-BAZ made an emergency landing in Asunción, Paraguay, after sustaining heavy damage facing a severe hailstorm that affected both engines, nose radome and windshields.
Se ve cuando un camión de bomberos entra muy rápido a la pista, justo que el avión venía carreteando a alta velocidad. Si bien el camión dobló lo suficiente como para quedar paralelo al avión, igualmente quedó sobre su línea de marcha y fue enbestido por el avión. La pregunta sería: porqué iban esos dos camiones de bomberos hacia la pista? Y porqué tan apurados? Será que el avión de Latam habría reportado algún problema y los bomberos iban a darle apoyo? Creo que hay un error del chofer del camión, que al entrar tan rápido a la pista, no alcanza a salir de la línea de marcha del avión. Lamento mucho la muerte de los bomberos. Que fatalidad. Sigue demostrándose que, en aviación, casi siempre los accidentes o incidentes son por fallas humanas.
TODO INGRESO EN PISTA PARA CRUZAR O RECORRERLA ES UN PELIGRO….
NO IMPORTA SI EXISTE O NO EXISTE AUTORIZACION DEL ATC…
SIEMPRE EXISTE LA POSIBILIDAD DE ERROR DEL PILOTO, DEL ATC, DEL SEI…ETC.
El simulacro fue planeado y todos fueron notificados. La culpa es del Controlador Aereo que negligentemente autorizó el despegue del LATAM causando la muerte de los dos bomberos y arriesgando las vidas de pasajeros y tripulación.
A esperar la investigación y el reporte final. Lo demás son puras conjeturas.
The LATAM was departing. There is zero chance LATAM reported anything on take-off roll and the fire trucks were there to support them.
Indeed.
What company do you represent?
It is not normal that ARFF venchie gets up on a active runway.invistegetion is ongoing,but still we see the ARRF as the blamed in this story.
TODO INGRESO EN PISTA PARA CRUZAR O RECORRERLA ES UN PELIGRO….
NO IMPORTA SI EXISTE O NO EXISTE AUTORIZACION DEL ATC…
SIEMPRE EXISTE LA POSIBILIDAD DE ERROR DEL PILOTO, DEL ATC, DEL SEI…ETC.
There’s no explanation why would they drive to the he run way on a non justified situation.
Or they wanted to cause damage to the airline.
Also how is it possible they could not see the plane coming, to should have been able to stop the truck on time.
«What we know»
Based on the above article you don’t know shit still. God damn. Bring something new to the table not just clickbait
This is what happened: There was a drill scheduled for 3:10pm. All parties were informed. A yet to be identified Air Traffic Controller screwed up and authorized the LATAM plane to take off. This tragedy was sheer negligence and two young lives were lost. It could have been much worse. The guilty Controller deserves to be fired and charged with murder.
Drill or not drill, entrance of any support vehicle por personel to an active runway is ALWAYS under specific autorización of the active Air Traffic Controller, upon request. There are established protocolos for almost all possible imagined scenarios.
So, all investigación will be first focused on retrieving the recorded frequency (Jorge Chávez Intnl. has that system) an look/hear for the authorization request and expected clearance. That will assign responsabilities.
Todo esta más claro que el agua, hubo negligencia total de la torre de control en no comunicar alto a todo movimiento vehicular o nave aérea si se trataba de un simulacro, dándole prioridad solo a vehículos de emergencia.