The accident happened in Peru.
A plane operated by Chile’s LATAM Airlines from Lima to Juliaca collided with a fire truck at Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, Peru on Friday. The accident happened as the plane was about to take off. The right wing of this Airbus A320neo collided with an airport fire brigade vehicle and caused a fire, according to the daily newspaper El País.
Two firefighters died in the shock
That domestic flight carried 102 passengers, all safe and sound, the company assures. On the other hand, the company in charge of managing the airport announced in a communicates the deaths of two airport firefighters who were on board the truck.
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“Prosecutors are attempting to establish the facts before possibly charging manslaughter and assault. We are also investigating to determine the causes of the incident,” Peru’s Ministry of Transport said.
Images of the accident show the plane launching at full speed for takeoff, hitting a high-speed truck and cutting it off.