My gosh, this looks like one thing proper out of a film, and sadly there have been fatalities.
Robbers attempt to steal money from aircraft arriving from Miami
Earlier at present (Wednesday), a LATAM Boeing 787-9 was the goal of a heist on the airport. The plane had simply landed from Miami within the morning, and was carrying $32.5 million in money that was presupposed to be transfered to an armored truck, after which be delivered to a number of banks within the nation.
Robbers had been clearly made conscious of the precious cargo on this jet, and round 10 closely armed robbers managed to keep away from safety and attain the apron at Arturo Merino Benítez Worldwide Airport.
This brought on a shootout between the robbers and safety officers. Tragically a safety official was left lifeless, and a robber died as effectively. Following this shootout, the robbers fled the airport. Two burned autos had been later discovered close to the airport, presumably to cowl up the identification of these behind this scheme.
Chile’s Directorate Normal of Civil Aviation has made it clear that this tried heist will result in the revision of processes and protocols to ensure one thing like this doesn’t occur once more. Nonetheless, this isn’t the primary time that we’ve seen one thing like this at Santiago Airport.
In 2020, thieves managed to steal $15 million from a warehouse on the airport, whereas a number of years previous to that, thieves managed to steal $10 million. Whereas this plot was finally unsuccessful, it will have been the most important heist but.
A Delta aircraft suffered harm on this incident
A Delta Airbus A350-900 bought caught up on this scenario. The aircraft was parked proper subsequent to the LATAM 787-9 that was the goal of the heist. As a part of the change of gunfire between the robbers and safety officers, a number of bullets ended up within the fuselage of the Delta jet, primarily within the tail.
Apparently as of now Delta’s flight to Atlanta this night continues to be exhibiting an on-time departure, although I’ve to think about that’s going to be altering. The Delta plane concerned within the incident has the license plate N574DZ, and it’s a roughly 4 yr outdated jet that was acquired via LATAM.
Backside line
A LATAM Boeing 787-9 was the goal of a theft at present at Santiago Airport. The plane was carrying $32.5 million in money, and 10 armed robbers managed to storm the apron after which tried to steal the precious cargo.
Gunfire was exchanged between safety officers and the robbers, and the criminals ended up fleeing. Sadly there have been fatalities — my ideas are with the household of the courageous safety officer who misplaced their life on this incident.
What do you make of this tried heist at Santiago Airport?