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| Lima airport: Two firefighters dead as plane crashes during take-off | Lima airport: Two firefighters dead as plane crashes during take-off |
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| Watch: The Latam Airlines plane caught fire after crashing into a truck on the runway | Watch: The Latam Airlines plane caught fire after crashing into a truck on the runway |
| Watch: The Latam Airlines plane caught fire after crashing into a truck on the runway | Watch: The Latam Airlines plane caught fire after crashing into a truck on the runway |
| Two firefighters have died after a plane crashed into a fire truck while taking off at Peru's busiest airport. | Two firefighters have died after a plane crashed into a fire truck while taking off at Peru's busiest airport. |
| The Latam Airlines plane collided with the truck just before 15:30 (20:30 GMT) on Friday at Jorge Chávez International Airport in the capital, Lima. | The Latam Airlines plane collided with the truck just before 15:30 (20:30 GMT) on Friday at Jorge Chávez International Airport in the capital, Lima. |
| Video posted on social media shows the plane careering down the runway, catching fire and smoking as it ground to a halt. | Video posted on social media shows the plane careering down the runway, catching fire and smoking as it ground to a halt. |
| No passengers or flight crew were killed, the airline said on Twitter. | No passengers or flight crew were killed, the airline said on Twitter. |
| A 31-year-old firefighter is in a critical condition, according to an executive director of the hospital agency EsSalud. | A 31-year-old firefighter is in a critical condition, according to an executive director of the hospital agency EsSalud. |
| Peru's Health Ministry added that 20 passengers are being treated for injuries - two of them are believed to be serious. | Peru's Health Ministry added that 20 passengers are being treated for injuries - two of them are believed to be serious. |
| It remains unclear why the fire truck entered the runway while the plane was taking off, bound for the southern Peruvian city of Juliaca. | It remains unclear why the fire truck entered the runway while the plane was taking off, bound for the southern Peruvian city of Juliaca. |
| During a news conference, Latam CEO Manuel Van Oordt said the flight had been cleared for take-off. | During a news conference, Latam CEO Manuel Van Oordt said the flight had been cleared for take-off. |
| "We don't know why [the fire truck] was there," he said. "We didn't ask for their services." | "We don't know why [the fire truck] was there," he said. "We didn't ask for their services." |
| 🇵🇪 | URGENTE: Se incendia un avión de Latam al momento del aterrizaje en el aeropuerto internacional Jorge Chávez de Lima. pic.twitter.com/3a5vjWdkUe | 🇵🇪 | URGENTE: Se incendia un avión de Latam al momento del aterrizaje en el aeropuerto internacional Jorge Chávez de Lima. pic.twitter.com/3a5vjWdkUe |
| The prosecutors' office said it was investigating the incident as potential manslaughter, according to Reuters news agency. | The prosecutors' office said it was investigating the incident as potential manslaughter, according to Reuters news agency. |
| Lima Airport Partners (LAP) - which operates Jorge Chávez Airport - has suspended flights until Saturday afternoon at the airport. | Lima Airport Partners (LAP) - which operates Jorge Chávez Airport - has suspended flights until Saturday afternoon at the airport. |
| International flights due to land there have been diverted to Colombia, Panama and various Peruvian cities including Iquitos, Pisco, and Arequipa. | International flights due to land there have been diverted to Colombia, Panama and various Peruvian cities including Iquitos, Pisco, and Arequipa. |
| In a statement LAP added: "At this moment we are finding and investigating all the necessary factors that could determine the cause of this." | In a statement LAP added: "At this moment we are finding and investigating all the necessary factors that could determine the cause of this." |
| President Pedro Castillo paid tribute to the firefighters on social media. | President Pedro Castillo paid tribute to the firefighters on social media. |
| "I express my heartfelt condolences to the relatives of Ángel Torres and Nicolás Santa Gadea, brave firefighters who died in the accident," he wrote on Twitter. | "I express my heartfelt condolences to the relatives of Ángel Torres and Nicolás Santa Gadea, brave firefighters who died in the accident," he wrote on Twitter. |
| "My thoughts and my prayers are with them. I pray for the recovery of the wounded." | "My thoughts and my prayers are with them. I pray for the recovery of the wounded." |
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