Chapecó Airport (SC) was closed for more than ten hours after a Latam plane exceeded the lane limit and ended up on the lawn, a few meters from the street. The incident occurred around 7:30 pm last Monday (31).
By note, VOE XAP, the dealership responsible for Chapecó Airport, said the aircraft was removed around 9am on Tuesday (1st).
“With the operation finished, the airport has already resumed operations normally. The causes of the incident will be investigated by the competent agencies,” says the concessionaire.
Latam reports that, because of the incident, five flights that had the city of Chapecó as its origin or destination had to be canceled.
See the canceled flights:
- La3277 (Chapecó-Guarulhos), of 31/03
- La3278 (Guarulhos-Chapecó), 1/4
- La3279 (Chapecó-Guarulhos), 1/4
- La3822 (Guarulhos-Chapecó), 1/4
- La3823 (Chapecó-Guarulhos), 1/4
The company says that “it is communicating and offering all the necessary assistance to impacted customers, who will be resumed on other flights.”
In all, 112 people were on board, 107 passengers and five crew. No one is hurt.
Images made by passengers show how the plane was after the grass landing. See below:
*Under supervision
This content was originally published at the airport was closed for more than 10 h after incident with Latam plane on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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