[Report Published] BA2276 LAS-LGW B772 G-VIIO aircraft fire Las Vegas airport
Sep 8, 2015, 5:32 pm
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[Report Published] BA2276 LAS-LGW B772 G-VIIO aircraft fire Las Vegas airport
Not sure if this is real, just received from a friend, but looks like a BA aircraft on fire at LAS?!
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.
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.
Last edited by BearX220; Sep 8, 2015 at 5:52 pm
Sep 8, 2015, 5:35 pm
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British Airways plane on fire at LAS
Looks like a bad fire at LAS. Only seeing some photos on Instagram. Looks like left engine fire. Hop everyone is ok.
Edit: can be deleted. Beaten to it.
Edit: can be deleted. Beaten to it.
Sep 8, 2015, 5:37 pm
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From LAS Twitter feed
Was the LGW flight (departing) - G-VIIO it seems
@LASairport: UPDATE 4:33 PM -- There were 159 passengers and 13 crew on the flight. Two were transported for minor injuries.
Sep 8, 2015, 5:39 pm
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Glad everybody is safe and the crew did the most important thing they can.
UPDATE 4:33 PM -- There were 159 passengers and 13 crew on the flight. Two were transported for minor injuries.
UPDATE 4:22 PM No known injuries and all passengers are off of the aircraft awaiting buses to the terminal. Aircraft was 275-seat B777-200.
UPDATE 4:22 PM -- Incident @LASairport involved British Airways outbound flight 2276, bound for London Gatwick. Fire has been put out.
Glad everybody is safe and the crew did the most important thing they can.
UPDATE 4:33 PM -- There were 159 passengers and 13 crew on the flight. Two were transported for minor injuries.
UPDATE 4:22 PM No known injuries and all passengers are off of the aircraft awaiting buses to the terminal. Aircraft was 275-seat B777-200.
UPDATE 4:22 PM -- Incident @LASairport involved British Airways outbound flight 2276, bound for London Gatwick. Fire has been put out.
Sep 8, 2015, 5:49 pm
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And another 777 out of action. Weren't they short on those ?
A departure... So loaded with fuel. That is not good. Great work getting everyone off and getting the fire out ^
If it was a compressor stall, then this is interesting...
A departure... So loaded with fuel. That is not good. Great work getting everyone off and getting the fire out ^
If it was a compressor stall, then this is interesting...
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Sep 8, 2015, 5:55 pm
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The 787-9 you were drooling over on another thread may be pressed into service sooner than expected (but still 3 weeks off delivery...)
Interesting to see slides on left hand side of aircraft deployed (but thankfully nobody getting off!) - is that automatic or does that mean someone opened a door first (the main bit of the exit row briefing card on short-haul that sticks in my mind is to look before opening the exit)
Interesting to see slides on left hand side of aircraft deployed (but thankfully nobody getting off!) - is that automatic or does that mean someone opened a door first (the main bit of the exit row briefing card on short-haul that sticks in my mind is to look before opening the exit)
Sep 8, 2015, 5:58 pm
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Pretty quick response by the airport fire service by the looks of it. As henkybaby says, that would have carried a fair amount of fuel in its wings.
Glad everyone escaped from that. It could have been a lot worse. ^
Glad everyone escaped from that. It could have been a lot worse. ^
Sep 8, 2015, 6:01 pm
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Am I seeing things or is flight aware tracking the wrong aircraft?
http://embed.flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW2276
EDIT: flight aware is "estimating" the flight.
http://embed.flightaware.com/live/flight/BAW2276
EDIT: flight aware is "estimating" the flight.