LA3819 - Incident: LATAM A320 at Florianapolis on Jan 18th 2026
Created Tuesday, Jan 20th 2026 16:45Z, last updated Tuesday, Jan 20th 2026 16:45Z
A LATAM Brasil Airbus A320-200, registration PR-MAK performing flight LA-3819 from Florianapolis,SC to Brasilia,DF (Brazil), was accelerating the engines (V2527) for takeoff from Florianapolis' runway 14 when persistent flames became visible from the exhaust of the left hand engine. The crew rejected takeoff, taxied to the first turn off and vacated the runway, flames were still visible from the engine. There were no injuries.
A passenger reported the engines were spooling up when the left engine emitted continuous flames.
A ground observer reported emergency services responded and put the fire out.
The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Florianapolis about 43 hours after the rejected takeoff.
Source: The Aviation Herald