PrinceGaga 7,644 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 A British Airways plane bound for London has caught fire at Las Vegas airport, forcing the evacuation of all 172 on board on emergency slides. McCarran International airport tweeted that two people "were transported for minor injuries". US Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor was quoted as saying that the plane's left engine caught fire before take-off. The plane was seen engulfed in flames and smoke. The fire was later put out. Flight 2276 - a Boeing 777-200 - was bound for London's Gatwick airport. There were 159 passengers and 13 crew members on board. In a later tweet, the airport wrote: "Received first call at 4:13 PM (23:13 GMT); flames were spotted at 4:14, and by 4:14 response was underway." It added: "@LASairport had the fire out and all passengers off BA flight by 4:18 PM - excellent work by our ARFF team." Officials said one runway was shut down, but three others continued to operate. McCarran is a major airport in the US, handling more than 40 million passengers last year Video attached in source below. source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34193767 _________________ Plane accidents scare me. Hope everyone is okay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bette Davis 12,742 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Yikes, thank god it caught fire on ground not up in the sky Cold as ice cream, but still as sweet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alii 2,039 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 That's so scary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlondeQueenOfGGD 25,454 Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Oh em geeeeeeeeee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Featured Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.