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British Airways plane catches fire at Las Vegas airport
Source: The Guardian
British Airways plane catches fire at Las Vegas airport
Claire Phipps and Ben Quinn
Wednesday 9 September 2015 00.48 BST
A British Airways jet has caught fire at Las Vegas airport, sending smoke billowing into the air, after suffering what the pilot described as a “catastrophic failure” of the left engine.
The plane – a Boeing 777 – could be seen with flames around its fuselage.
There were 159 passengers and 13 crew on board. Two people were treated for minor injuries as a result of the fire, which involved a flight that was due to fly from the US city’s McCarran airport to Gatwick. The blaze was quickly put out by around 50 firefighters.
The plane’s take-off had been aborted shortly before the fire broke out. The Federal Aviation Administration said the Boeing’s 777 left engine burst into flames. Passegers were evacuated via inflatable slides.
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Claire Phipps and Ben Quinn
Wednesday 9 September 2015 00.48 BST
A British Airways jet has caught fire at Las Vegas airport, sending smoke billowing into the air, after suffering what the pilot described as a “catastrophic failure” of the left engine.
The plane – a Boeing 777 – could be seen with flames around its fuselage.
There were 159 passengers and 13 crew on board. Two people were treated for minor injuries as a result of the fire, which involved a flight that was due to fly from the US city’s McCarran airport to Gatwick. The blaze was quickly put out by around 50 firefighters.
The plane’s take-off had been aborted shortly before the fire broke out. The Federal Aviation Administration said the Boeing’s 777 left engine burst into flames. Passegers were evacuated via inflatable slides.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/09/british-airways-plane-catches-fire-at-las-vegas-airport
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