LIMA (Reuters) – LATAM Airlines said on Friday that one of its passenger jetliners suffered an accident on the runway of Peru’s Jorge Chavez International Airport, adding that no passengers or crew members were killed in the incident.
Jorge Chavez in Lima, Peru’s most important airport, suspended all operations and is investigating the causes of the accident, said Lima Airport Partners, which operates the airport.
Images posted on Twitter by local radio station RPP Noticias showed a plane belonging to LATAM Airlines partially on fire on the runway.
Fire brigade officer Mario Casaretto told RPP Noticias the plane had reported problems with its landing gear.
(Reporting by Marco Aquino; Editing by Anthony Esposito and Jonathan Oatis)
