LATAM Brasil A320 at Santiago de Chile on Jun 9th 2025, engine fire during line up

Last Update: June 23, 2025 / 11:15:37 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 9, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
LATAM Airlines Brasil

Flight number
LA-1325

Departure
Santiago, Chile

Destination
Asuncion, Paraguay

Aircraft Registration
PR-MAG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A LATAM Brasil Airbus A320-200, registration PR-MAG performing flight LA-1325 from Santiago (Chile) to Asuncion (Paraguay), was lining up Santiago's runway 17R for departure when the left hand engine caught fire. Emergency services responded and put the fire out.

Chile's DGCA reported flight LA-1325 was cancelled due to a technical incident during start of the takeoff process. After all safety protocols had been applied the aircraft returned to the apron, where the passengers disembarked safely.

The flight was cancelled.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Santiago about 23 hours after lining up runway 17R.

On Jun 23rd 2025 Chile's DGCA reported: "Before the takeoff procedure and while the aircraft was at threshold 17L, the crew was warned in the cockpit of a fire in the left engine, which they shut down. Subsequently, and after being warned by another aircraft that smoke was still coming from the left engine, the SSLIA intervened and extinguished the fire, after which the aircraft proceeded (under its own power) to the terminal, and the passengers disembarked without any problems.", rated the occurrence a serious incident and opened an investigation.
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
PR-MAG
Country of Registration
Brazil
Date of Registration
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Manufacturer
AIRBUS S.A.S.
Aircraft Model / Type
A320-232
ICAO Aircraft Type
A320
Year of Manufacture
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Serial Number
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Minimum Crew
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Maximum Take off Mass (MTOM) [kg]
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Engine Count
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 9, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
LATAM Airlines Brasil

Flight number
LA-1325

Departure
Santiago, Chile

Destination
Asuncion, Paraguay

Aircraft Registration
PR-MAG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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