What the records say
- When
- 8 Sep 2015
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 36.08° N, 115.15° W
- Description
- 2015 aircraft fire at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
- Deaths
- 0
- Injured
- 27
- Participants
- 172
- Cause
- failure
British Airways Flight 2276
2015 aircraft accident in Nevada
British Airways Flight 2276 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Las Vegas, Nevada, to London Gatwick Airport, England. On 8 September 2015, the Boeing 777 operating the flight suffered an uncontained engine failure and fire in the left (#1) GE90 engine during take-off from Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, prompting an aborted take-off and the evacuation of all passengers and crew.
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