Terrifying footage has emerged from onboard an Airbus A320 aircraft operated by the South American airline LATAM as it flew a severe electrical storm which severely damaged the aircraft’s radome and shattered the cockpit windows.
LATAM flight LA1325 departed Santiago de Chile at around 4 pm on Wednesday afternoon bound for Asuncion but was forced to divert to Foz do Iguaçu International Airport in Brazil due to stormy conditions in the area.
Chile’s General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics says it has launched an investigation into the incident after the 10-year-old aircraft landed without one of its two engines working.
The flight was operated by LATAM Airlines Paraguay and in a statement, the airline said that all passengers and crew were unharmed after the aircraft made an emergency landing.
A spokesperson for the airline said it “regrets the inconvenience that this weather situation may have caused passengers”.
