LATAM Airlines Perú Flight 2213
LATAM Perú on behalf of LATAM Chile Airbus A320-271N · Collision with fire engine during takeoff
From Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM) to Inca Manco Capac International Airport (JUL)
Event
- NTSB case
- DCA23WA066
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
- Final · CIAA final report
- Event fatalities
- 3 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- 3
- Occupants
- 108
- Survivors
- 108
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 40
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Not recorded
Airbus A320-271N
- Flight
- LP2213
- Aircraft type
- Airbus A320
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- CC-BHB
- Onboard fatalities
- 0
- Route
- From Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)To Inca Manco Capac International Airport (JUL)
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Non-U.S., Commercial
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Takeoff
- Defining eventThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- Runway incursion (vehicle, aircraft or person)
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Destroyed
Cause areas
- Environmental issues › Operating environment
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
LATAM Airlines Perú Flight 2213 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight originating from Jorge Chávez International Airport, Lima, Peru, to Inca Manco Cápac International Airport, Juliaca, Peru. On 18 November 2022, the Airbus A320neo collided with a fire engine during its takeoff roll, killing two firefighters and seriously injuring a third, who died of his injuries seven months later. Forty passengers and crew members were injured, 4 serious and 36 minor. The aircraft was substantially damaged and was written off, marking it the first hull loss of the A320neo family.
Accident
LATAM Airlines Perú Flight 2213 was scheduled to depart Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima at 14:55 PET (19:55 UTC) and arrive at Inca Manco Cápac International Airport in Juliaca at 16:30 PET (21:30 UTC). The weather at Jorge Chávez Airport at the time reported a 10 knots southerly wind, visibility of at least 10 km, and a broken cloud layer at 2100 ft.
The aircraft commenced its take-off on runway 16 at 15:11. During the take-off roll, multiple airport crash tenders and fire engines on a planned emergency drill crossed the runway in front of the accelerating aircraft. The pilots rejected the takeoff in an attempt to avoid a collision but still ended up hitting one of the firetrucks, which had also turned to avoid the collision. A video posted on social media showed the moment the aircraft impacted the truck, with the aircraft's right engine separating and the right landing gear collapsing. Another video posted on social media showed the plane tipped over to its right side as it moved across the runway on fire as it stopped. The aircraft came to rest 2500 m down the runway. Several photos of the aftermath showed a destroyed fire engine and the aircraft resting on its right wing with fire damage to the rear fuselage.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
The accident was investigated by the Commission for the Investigation of Aviation Accidents (CIAA) with assistance from the French Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA). The flight recorders were to be sent to France for analysis, but were instead sent to Brazil's Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention Center (CENIPA).
On October 2, 2023, the CIAA released their final report, which concluded that the crash had been the result of the aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) vehicles entering the runway without express permission while conducting an emergency drill. The drill had been poorly planned, and coordination regarding it was poor between Lima Airport ARFF and the Peruvian Corporation of Commercial Airports and Aviation (CORPAC) air traffic control. The CORPAC air traffic controllers had only been notified of the drill about an hour before it occurred, resulting in them having limited information. In addition, the communication between ATC and emergency responders used nonstandard terminology. Contributing factors included poor communication and coordination, a lack of meetings between Lima Airport and CORPAC to assess hazards, and imprecise or unclear language used by ARFF conducting the drill.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: LATAM Airlines Perú Flight 2213
- Revision
- 1359420543 · 2026-06-15 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q115277477
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
NTSB record DCA23WA066
- Event ID
- 20221119106325
- Case number
- DCA23WA066
- Dataset
- full-current
- Source SHA-256
- 5cf380f0061817c0331a6b2d8cc7e0ee3a79bea469a1001dc5c10e56f35f5ab3
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "LATAM Airlines Perú Flight 2213" (page 72286099, revision 1359420543); merged with NTSB case DCA23WA066 (events / aircraft)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date; matches the Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes de Aviación (CIAA), Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones, Peru final report
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- Wikipedia: Wikipedia article coordinates
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports); gaps and aircraft details from NTSB record DCA23WA066
- Operation
- airline flight number in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia: Wikipedia infobox: total_fatalities; matches the Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes de Aviación (CIAA), Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones, Peru final report
- Ground fatalities
- Wikipedia: Wikipedia infobox: ground fatalities; matches the Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes de Aviación (CIAA), Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones, Peru final report
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (3)
- One occurrence in two sources, merged: the Wikipedia article "LATAM Airlines Perú Flight 2213" and NTSB case DCA23WA066, matched by the same aircraft registration and date. For this event outside the United States Wikipedia's values are used where the two differ; each value names its source.
- No bulk values were replaced by the NTSB case API.
- Checked against the Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes de Aviación (CIAA), Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones, Peru final report on 2026-09-18. The report states the same date, flight number, ground fatalities, fatalities, registration, departure, destination and damage. Shown unchanged where the report gives another value or wording: operator (shown LATAM Perú on behalf of LATAM Chile; report LATAM Airlines Perú S.A.). Not checked: place, crash-site coordinates, aircraft type and type of operation.