777 engine 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.
McCarran International Airport tweeted that seven people were treated for minor injuries, and video and photographs from the scene showed Flight 2276, a Boeing 777 bound for Gatwick Airport, engulfed in flames and thick black smoke.