The group LATAM hizo púpublished the first official statement about the accidentéprisoner raised on the afternoon of 18 November at Lima Airport.
After the well-known events of Friday afternoon 18 of November, LATAM Airlines made púI publish the official statement, where the current status of passengers and additional details are reported:
LATAM Airlines Perú informs you that your flight LA 2213, What did I cover?íto the Lima route – Juliaca collisionó with a vehicleíass on his takeoff run, at Jorge Ch International Airportáturn.
At the moment we can report that there have been no vífatal crime between the people who were on board our planeón. Right now, we are focusing on supporting passengers and families. in addition, isá working in coordination with the corresponding authorities in order to support the investigations of what happened as soon as possible.
The response process carried out is established within the company's operational and security protocols.ñíthat seek to protect the integrity and well-being of passengers.
The LATAM group isá deploying all its human resources and técynical for attentionón of those affected, and has put its emergency response plan in place.
To the extent that you have máwith informationón confirmed, I know how to shareá in the más short term.
Rescheduleónumber of flights
before this, the airínea también has reported flexibility to change tickets for people affected by the closure of the Lima Jorge Chavez Airport:
LATAM Group informs that all those passengers affected by the closure of operations at Jorge Chávez International Airportátime countán with the following travel flexibility options:
Passengers with flights to and from Lima, además of those who make connectionsón a través from that terminal toéprisoner between Friday 18 and the Monday 21 of November you canán access date change from until 15 días from the original flight date, no rate difference or penalty, the podrán request the returnón ífull of your money.
The contingency has generated aúunusual number of phone callsónicos, Therefore, passengers are recommended to attend to their requests in the sectionón “My trips” on LATAM.com.
The group regrets these inconveniences and is committed to maintaining an update.ón permanent in all your communication channelsón.
At the moment the death of two air firefighters has been confirmedáuticos that were on the truckówhat impactó with the aircraft. Permanently in this thread that I created on Twitter updateé la informationón:
Developing: A LATAM Airlines Airbus A320 hits a truckóNo fire engine at the Airport #Lima. pic.twitter.com/pRknU5s0pN
— Nicolás Larenas ✈️ (@n_larenas) November 18, 2022
Events changeápiously, so I invite you to stay up to date on Twitter by following the thread above.
Observing the images inside the plane, I have the following comment
The plane is from Latam Peru but has a Chilean registration, un A320 Neo
A modern aircraft is used, relatively new for domestic routes. However in Ecuador for the Guayaquil route – Santiago uses a small and uncomfortable A319, I have traveled twice lately where even connecting to entertainment is not always possible.
Why are more modern aircraft not used in Ecuador??
Jimmy
The Airbus A320neo will arrive in Ecuador sooner or later, since the A319 will be leaving the LATAM fleet in the medium term, You just have to understand the importance of each of the markets and the optimal aircraft to serve each reality.
Good morning
I have followed the topic and there are already first indications of the following
1 The ground tower authorized the pilot to go to the tower that controls the takeoff, At the same time, he authorized the firefighters to start a drill, but indicated to stay 90 meters from the axis of the runway
2 LAP staff at a press conference indicated that the trucks were authorized to reach a taxiway parallel to the runway and separated at least 90 meters of runway axis
Everything would point to human error unfortunately
JIMMY
So it seems, they confused the taxiway with the runway. Equal, Let's wait for the investigation to know more details.
It's really a shame this happened., much of the responsibility of air traffic controllers for allowing emergency vehicles when there are operations and take-off procedures. There will be people removed from their positions and prison for responsibility for the death of firefighters….
Luckily there were no more deaths inside the plane or injuries.…. Additionally, it is sad that it is the first total loss of an Airbus A320 Neo. This one had more than 4 years of being manufactured.
Let's wait for the investigation,only then will we know what really happened.
And how do you know it's not a runway foray?? Namely, who have entered without authorization.
blame the drivers, or nobody, when the investigation is still ongoing it seems premature and irresponsible to me.
All the best
it is so, always better to wait for the investigation, it's all assumption right now.