A British Airways flight was evacuated after it caught fire during takeoff on a runway in Las Vegas on Tuesday afternoon, airport officials said.
The London-bound plane caught fire at 4:22 p.m. local time, according to McCarran Airport’s Twitter account.
The aircraft, a 275-seat Boeing 777, was immediately evacuated, the airport said. There were 159 passengers and 13 crew members aboard, according to airport officials, and two people suffered minor injuries.
The plane experienced engine failure while attempting to take off, according to Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.
Passengers were evacuated by emergency slides and have been taken back to the terminal by bus, Gregor said.
Gregor could not comment directly on the cause of the fire. Calls to British Airways were not immediately returned.
Los Angeles Times
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