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Old Sep 8, 2015, 5:33 pm
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BA 777 Catches Fire on Landing at LAS
Slides deployed, blackened fuselage, all reported safe. Breaking on US broadcast news right now.

Correction: this was a departure, not a landing. Reportedly BA2276 to LGW.

Bulletins:

http://www.news3lv.com/content/news/...pLajadTzQ.cspx

Here is video on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/nbcbayarea

Witness report from the scene posted to Reddit says the a/c suffered compressor stall on takeoff, apparently on #1 / port engine, and flames went up in less than 30 seconds:

https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/co..._fire_in_klas/

More pics from BreakingNews.com:

https://www.breakingnews.com/topic/p...vegas-airport/

A little more from the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper:

http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/la...tional-airport

One runway closed at McCarran, aircraft stationary.
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