Pilot Dies Mid-Flight, Prompting Emergency Landing

A commercial flight from Miami to Chile was forced to make an emergency landing in Panama on Sunday night after the pilot, Iván Andaur, 56, collapsed and died in the airplane’s bathroom. Reports indicate that Andaur, who was piloting the Santiago-bound LATAM airlines flight, suffered a suspected cardiac arrest around 11 p.m. The two co-pilots on board had to divert the flight to Tocumen International Airport in Panama City. Meanwhile, a nurse and two doctors …

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Plane bursts into flames on runway during takeoff

An airplane crashed into a fire truck at Peru’s busiest airport while taking off, killing two firefighters. Latam Airlines’ plane collided with a truck at Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima at 15:30 on Friday. As the plane careered down the runway, it caught fire and smoked as it ground to a halt. The airline said on Twitter that no passengers or crew members were killed. According to an executive director of the hospital agency …

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