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[A Peruvian passenger plane caught an engine fire during takeoff] October 20th. In the early morning of October 19th, local time, at the Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, the capital of Peru, a LATAM Airlines passenger plane originally planned to fly to Piura, Peru, had a fire on the left engine during takeoff, and the flight was forced to abort the takeoff. According to passengers on board, as the Airbus A320 was accelerating and preparing to take off, passengers saw an engine fire through the window, and orange flames illuminated the cabin for a time. LATAM Airlines said the plane suffered an unexpected technical failure before takeoff and passengers were subsequently evacuated. The airport emergency team responded to the incident and no casualties were reported. (CCTV International News)
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