VIDEO: Gatwick-bound flight evacuated on Las Vegas runway after engine fire

More than a dozen people have been hurt after a London-bound British Airways plane caught fire on a runway at a Las Vegas airport.

VIDEO: Gatwick-bound flight evacuated on Las Vegas runway after engine fire
Wed, 09 Sep, 2015 - 07:45

More than a dozen people have been hurt after a London-bound British Airways plane caught fire on a runway at a Las Vegas airport.

The left engine of the Boeing 777-200 burst into flames at McCarran International Airport, forcing 159 passengers and 13 crew to evacuate through emergency slides.

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