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British Airways Flight 2276
British Airways Flight 2276 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Las Vegas, Nevada, to London Gatwick Airport, England. On 8 September 2015, the Boeing 777 operating the flight suffered an uncontained engine failure and fire in the left (#1) GE90 engine during take-off from Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, prompting an aborted take-off and the evacuation of all passengers and crew. All 170 people on board survived, but 20 occupants were injured.
The aircraft, which suffered moderate damage to a section of its forward fuselage as of a result of the vigorous fire, was repaired and returned to commercial passenger service in March 2016. The fire was caused by metal fatigue in a compressor disk, leading to detachment of the main fuel supply line.
The aircraft left Terminal 3, Gate E3, at 15:53 local time, and began its take-off from Runway 07L at 16:12 where the accident occurred.
After noticing what the pilot later described as a "catastrophic failure of the engine" well before take-off speed, the flight crew aborted the take-off by using the aircraft's brakes and ordered an evacuation of the aircraft. All 170 passengers and crew escaped. One occupant was seriously injured, and others sustained minor injuries. The aircraft had reached a speed of approximately 90 miles per hour (78 kn; 140 km/h) when the decision to abort was made; far below the takeoff decision speed of the aircraft, which for this flight was about 170 mph.[citation needed]
The airport's emergency services extinguished the fire within five minutes of the mayday call. Twenty people were injured, mostly from sliding down the escape chutes; one seriously; casualties were treated at Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center. The fire caused a large hole in the cargo hold and damage to the engine.[citation needed]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) indicated the fire was caused by failure of the left General Electric GE90 engine, one of two fitted on the aircraft. There was a slight left-to-right wind across the runway, causing the fire to be blown towards the fuselage; the aircraft sustained localised, but major, structural damage as a result. The aircraft was equipped with suppression systems, though the systems did not extinguish the fire.
The runway, one of four, was closed, and several inbound flights were cancelled.
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 777-236ER, s/n 29320, registered as G-VIIO. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was 16 years old; it had been delivered new to British Airways on 26 January 1999.
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British Airways Flight 2276
British Airways Flight 2276 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Las Vegas, Nevada, to London Gatwick Airport, England. On 8 September 2015, the Boeing 777 operating the flight suffered an uncontained engine failure and fire in the left (#1) GE90 engine during take-off from Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, prompting an aborted take-off and the evacuation of all passengers and crew. All 170 people on board survived, but 20 occupants were injured.
The aircraft, which suffered moderate damage to a section of its forward fuselage as of a result of the vigorous fire, was repaired and returned to commercial passenger service in March 2016. The fire was caused by metal fatigue in a compressor disk, leading to detachment of the main fuel supply line.
The aircraft left Terminal 3, Gate E3, at 15:53 local time, and began its take-off from Runway 07L at 16:12 where the accident occurred.
After noticing what the pilot later described as a "catastrophic failure of the engine" well before take-off speed, the flight crew aborted the take-off by using the aircraft's brakes and ordered an evacuation of the aircraft. All 170 passengers and crew escaped. One occupant was seriously injured, and others sustained minor injuries. The aircraft had reached a speed of approximately 90 miles per hour (78 kn; 140 km/h) when the decision to abort was made; far below the takeoff decision speed of the aircraft, which for this flight was about 170 mph.[citation needed]
The airport's emergency services extinguished the fire within five minutes of the mayday call. Twenty people were injured, mostly from sliding down the escape chutes; one seriously; casualties were treated at Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center. The fire caused a large hole in the cargo hold and damage to the engine.[citation needed]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) indicated the fire was caused by failure of the left General Electric GE90 engine, one of two fitted on the aircraft. There was a slight left-to-right wind across the runway, causing the fire to be blown towards the fuselage; the aircraft sustained localised, but major, structural damage as a result. The aircraft was equipped with suppression systems, though the systems did not extinguish the fire.
The runway, one of four, was closed, and several inbound flights were cancelled.
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 777-236ER, s/n 29320, registered as G-VIIO. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was 16 years old; it had been delivered new to British Airways on 26 January 1999.
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