Passengers were evacuated from the twin-engine, wide-body jet to the runway using emergency slides, officials said. According to ...
A British Airways jetliner engine caught fire as the airplane was departing on a London-bound flight from Las Vegas on Tuesday, forcing the pilot to abort takeoff, but all 172 passengers and crew escaped the smoke and flames that quickly enveloped the plane. Officials at McCarran
International Airport said two people suffered minor injuries, and video and photographs from the scene showed Flight 2276, a Boeing Co 777 bound for Gatwick Airport, engulfed in flames and thick black smoke.
Thirteen people were reportedly injured after the London-bound aeroplane caught fire at McCarran Airport in Las Vegas on 8 September. The left engine of British Airways flight 2276, which was flying to Gatwick Airport, caught fire as it prepared to take off, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said.
McCarran Airport said traffic on runway number three, where the incident took place, had been suspended but flights were operating normally from the three other runways.Passengers from the stricken plane were taken to a hotel near the Las Vegas strip for the night while awaiting another flight to their destination.
"Could smell and see smoke but was on other side of plane. One person said fire melted a couple of windows," Steinberg wrote. "They opened the back door and slide went down and smoke started coming in plane, followed by mad dash to front. A lot of panic." A spokeswoman for British Airways, which is owned by IAG , said safety is always the airline's priority and the airline is looking after customers.
In 2014, a British Airways plane heading to Lyon, France, was forced to turn back to London's Heathrow Airport after a witness saw flames "spitting" out of the engine on takeoff.
