Page 78 - 777 News Today

Dramatic pictures last night. these images taken seconds after the captain brought the plane to an emergency stop on takeoff. and now were seeing new images of the aftermath. the jets fuselage burned right through, the engine charred, its metal skin peeling away. the heat so intense that witnesses say it melted the windows. sara sidner is "outfront." >> request fire services. >> heavy fire. services are on the way. >> reporter: a british airways pilot is forced to abort a takeoff as fire engulfs...

Were continuing to follow the breaking news out of las vegas, british airways 777 catching fire right before takeoff. the takeoff was aborted. then evaluating the 159 passengers and 13 crew members, they were evacuated. they are being evaluated. two people apparently suffered minor injuries. now, our other big story tonight comes from grayson, kentucky, just shy of the west virginia border which finds itself at the crossroads of a changing society, the law and presidential politics. just a few m...

Migrants. australia just announced it will take in 12,000 more refugees from syria and iraq. so imagine being on a plane ready for takeoff when all of a sudden fire breaks out. this happened to more than 100 people on this british airways flight. cnns dan simon is with us now. what caused this, dan? >> reporter: first of all, the plane caught fire as it began accelerating down the runway. this was the left engine that caught fire. as you can imagine you had passengers scrambling for safety, so...

Passengers, including letha dunn, evacuated, sliding down emergency chutes. >> as soon as they hit the tarmac, they just sprinted because behind us are giant flames. >> reporter: at the airport, planes grounded, people watching in shock. >> please be off the plane. this is insane. >> reporter: airport officials say the boeing 777 was taxiing for takeoff to londons gatwick airport just after 4:00 p.m. when the left engine caught fire. the emergency chutes deployed as crews raced toward the plane ...

Introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle. you are watching cnn newsroom. thank you so much for staying with us. im errol barnett. >> im zain asher. lets give you the headlines. more than a dozen people suffered minor injuries when a plane caught fire in las vegas, nevada. the fire broke out in the boeing 777s left engine just as it was about to take off for london. all 172 passengers and crew evacuated the plane but the cause of the fire is still un...

Federal investigators are headed to las vegas today to determine what caused a packed british airways plane to catch fire on an airport runway, triggering an emergency evacuation and sending 13 people to the hospital. it all happened at the mccarren international airport yesterday. the london boeing 777 was preparing for takeoff when the engine burst into flames. the pilot quickly aborted takeoff and ordered people to evacuate. they used the planes slides. hallie jackson has more. >> reporter: w...

The crash landing ofationiana at san francisco, was the first fatal crash after 18 years in service. with more than 1300777s currently in operation, in recent years there were only five cases where a 777 has been damaged beyond repair. this is whats left of 2276. federal investigators must now figure out what caused this catastrophic failure. investigators will look at the planes recorders, its a tedious task going second by second to see how the engines were performing. they will also look at t...

We are following breaking news out of las vegas. this is new video of a huge fire that engulfed a plane on the runway at las vegas mccarran airport just a short time ago. our vegas affiliate reports that all 159 passengers on board were evacuated with two minor injuries. we spoke to an eyewitness a short time ago who described the fire starting with an engine fire. those flames quickly engulfing it, but also those passengers quickly getting off that plane. you can see those evacuation slides dep...

Her comply with the order. donald trump put his signature on the form that would support the nominee. though it is not legally binding, the front runner promises not to run as a third party candidate. hungary is a sea of desperation as thousands are reaching western europe. many are fleaing the mideast and africa. getting out of hungary and not possible. over loaded trains are now transporting the refugees to asylum centers. they cant decide how to diffuse the growing crisis. >> french investi...

French authorities now say with certainty that airplane debris discovered on reunion island belongs to missing flight 370. the flaperon is the first physical trace of the boeing 777 since it went missing march last year with 239 people on board. we are joined with ivan watson. finally a definitive piece of evidence. hello, ivan. >> hi, natalie. thats right. the french say theres no question that this piece of boeing 777s plane does in fact belong to missing malaysian air flight 370. and they wer...