Plane bursts into flames on runway at Vegas airport loaded with passengers as it prepared for take-off

A plane packed with passengers has burst into flames on a Las Vegas runway just moments before it was set to take off.
The British Airways flight bound for London Gatwick was taxiing on the tarmac at McCarran Airport on Tuesday night when it suddenly caught fire after a catastrophic engine failure.
Terrified travelers on other flights captured the plumes of smoke coming from the Boeing 777 as those on board were forced to jump down the evacuation slides and run away from the blaze.

The plane was quickly evacuated, with only two people taken to a local hospital for treatment after suffering minor injuries.
There were 159 passengers and 13 crew members on board at the time.
It is not yet known what caused the fire but images appear to show it coming from the left engine.
One runway was shut but flights continued to depart on remaining runways.
Jacob Steinberg, a football and tennis writer who was on the flight, Tweeted: ‘Just evacuated on a British Airways flight at Las Vegas airport after an engine caught fire. Don’t think anyone hurt.