Footage on social media showed huge black plumes of smoke near the back of the plane which was partially on fire.
A plane taking off at an airport in Peru caught on fire after it collided with a moving fire truck on the runway.
A LATAM Airlines jet, which was carrying 102 passengers and six crew members, struck a moving fire truck at Lima's international airport on Friday afternoon. Authorities said the plane's passengers and crew were all safe, but two firefighters in the truck were killed. It remains unclear why the fire truck entered the runway while the plane was taking off and the prosecutors' office saidBoth the plane and the fire truck were in motion when they collided.
Lima Airport Partners, the company that operates Jorge Chavez airport, said operations at the facility had been suspended and that the airport will remain closed until at least 1pm local time on Saturday.
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