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Fire Forces Emergency Evacuation of 169 Latam Passengers
12/5/2025
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- A fire on the tarmac at Sao Paulo International Airport on December 4 evacuated 169 Latam Airlines passengers from a plane before it departed for Porto Alegre.
- The fire was caused by equipment from a subcontractor.
- Passengers evacuated via the boarding bridge and evacuation slides.
- By the morning of December 5, 159 passengers had reached Porto Alegre.
