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 Lima: Jorge Chávez Airport closes its runway and reportes flight delays (Spanish) Passengers coming from Pucallpa indicated that the Latam airline could not land at the Lima airport and returned them to their place of departure. Problems were reported at the Jorge Chávez airport this morning Passengers indicated through social networks that Latam airline flights from Pucallpa and Trujillo could not land at Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM) due to a problem later identified as the technical malfunction of an aircraft on the runway. Likewise, people from Pisco and Lima denounced delays in their flights. Passengers from different national destinations expressed their annoyance at this situation. Because of this, they had to remain at the airport without any explanation. Airport operator Lima Air Partners (LAP) temporarily closed the runway, due to a plane having a technical malfunction. At that time there were three aircraft in position to land on LIM Airport's one runway. For...

Lima: demonstrators protest in front of Jorge Chavez Airport and mobilize through Callao and San Martín de Porres (Spanish) A group of three hundred protesters reached the front of the airport and launched slogans against President Dina Boluarte. A group of about three hundred demonstrators held a protest in front of the Jorge Chávez International Airport (LIM) and shouted slogans against President Dina Boluarte  demanding her resignation; they also ask for the advancement of Elections and the closure of Congress. PNP officers deploy outside Jorge Chavez International Airport The demonstrators arrived from Tomás Valle avenue and more people joined this group. Later, a police contingent made a cordon to avoid incidents. Later they advanced again along Tomás Valle avenue and then took Dominicos avenue. The Peruvian National Police (PNP) reinforced its security presence at Lima's international airport to prevent any kind of takeover by protesters as has been seen at four other airport...