Alarming images show a plane with a giant hole after another aircraft crashed into it on the runway.
The two planes, full of passengers, collided on Monday moments after an aircraft landed at the airport.
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The accident happened on the runway at Congonhas Airport, in São Paulo, Brazil, on July 29.
Passengers were on board a Gol Boeing 737-8 MAX at around 5pm as it prepared for takeoff.
A Latam Airbus A319 had landed moments earlier and collided with the Boeing plane as it taxied to the airport’s parking gate.
The tip of the left wing of the Latam plane hit the tail cone of the Boeing plane, causing a tear in the aircraft.
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A hole was also made in the lower part of the Boeing plane’s fuselage.
Meanwhile, the Latam plane had minor damage to the wing and moderate damage to the tail.
Boeing and Latam stated that the two planes involved in the collision were sent for maintenance.
No injuries were reported and passengers exited the planes safely, both airlines said.
Gol redirected passengers from the Boeing 737 flight, which was heading to Florianópolis, to another plane.
Latam reportedly canceled two flights – one from São Paulo Congonhas to Curitiba and another returning to Congonhas.
The airline said it offered assistance to passengers affected by the incident and transferred them to other flights.
“LATAM has already accommodated on other flights all passengers impacted on Monday (29/7) by the cancellations of their original flights in Congonhas, following the incident on the ground with another company’s aircraft,” Latam said in a statement, according to the Aeroflap.
“The LATAM aircraft involved in the incident remains under maintenance and the company is investigating what happened to continue adopting all technical and operational measures for a safe trip for everyone.”
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US Sun has reached out to Boeing and Latam for comment.
This isn’t the first time Boeing has made headlines with a horrific runway incident recently.
Just weeks before the collision in Brazil, a packed Boeing jet faced a takeoff nightmare when the aircraft’s tail scraped the runway.
Coincidentally, the plane was also heading to São Paulo when the jet grazed the runway for 10 seconds.
Video showed debris falling from the aircraft as thick clouds of gray smoke billowed from the plane as it circled around Milan Malpensa airport.
Italian authorities said they were working with Brazilian and US authorities to investigate the error.
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