Boeing 777 plane catches fire on Las Vegas runway

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Los Angeles: A British Airways plane caught fire during takeoff on a runway in Las Vegas late Tuesday afternoon, said an aviation authority. The flight 2276 heading for London's Gatwick Airport was scheduled to take off around 4 p.m. Pacific time (2300 GMT) and its left engine caught fire at 4.13 p.m. (2313 GMT), officials of Las Vegas McCarran Airport said. The crew immediately aborted the takeoff and evacuated all passengers off the flight by 4.18 p.m. (2318 GMT), Xinhua news agency quoted airport officials as saying.

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