Passengers were evacuated from a Latam Airlines plane at São Paulo’s Guarulhos International Airport on Thursday night after a fire broke out in ground equipment used to load the aircraft’s cargo. The incident occurred during boarding on flight LA3418 bound for Porto Alegre. According to Latam, smoke from the cargo-loading vehicle activated safety protocols, prompting an immediate evacuation. Passengers were removed through both the boarding bridge and an emergency slide, assisted by trained air

On Thursday evening, December 4, 2025, at São Paulo Guarulhos International Airport (GRU), ground equipment caught fire while loading baggage onto a LATAM Airbus A320 (PR-MHR), forcing the immediate evacuation of all passengers on board. According to airport officials, the fire began in baggage-loading equipment positioned beneath the aircraft during preparations for flight #LA3418 to Porto Alegre. Flames and thick smoke entered the cabin. The crew ordered an evacuation through both the jet brid

An Ethiopian Airlines plane that departed from the Sao Paulo (GRU) airport bound for Ezeiza declared an emergency due to "minimum fuel" during the severe storm in Buenos Aires and flew over different locations in the La Matanza district at a lower altitude on 20 September. This is flight ET506, which took off from São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport and landed at Ministro Pistarini International Airport (EZE), in Ezeiza at 8:59 p.m. local time. The airport was closed for all operations fro

Emergency evacuation was required on the gate in Guarulhos (GRU) Airport of Brazil after an Airbus A320 plane of LATAM Brasil airline was affected by smoke from a ground handling equipment while passengers were still onboard. As per sources, just prior to the disembarkation of the passengers on the flight from São Paulo to Porto Alegre, a baggage conveyor caught fire, causing the aircraft to be enveloped in smoke at Terminal 2 of São Paulo International Airport (GRU) on Thursday (04 December 202

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