In the early morning of October 19, local time, at Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima, the capital of Peru, a LATAM Airlines passenger plane originally scheduled to fly to Piura, Peru, caught fire on its left side engine during takeoff, and the flight was forced to stop taking off. According to the descriptions of the passengers on board, when the Airbus A320 was speeding up and preparing to take off, the passengers saw the engine fire through the porthole, and the orange flames illuminated the cabin for a while. LATAM said the plane had an unexpected technical failure before takeoff, and the passengers were later evacuated. The airport emergency response team has responded to the incident, and there are currently no reports of casualties.

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