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Moments before it was supposed to take off at ft. lauderdale hollywood international airport. more than a dozen people were hospitalized after that frantic evacuation. the faa says the pilot who was taxiing behind flight 405 reported fuel leaking from the plane before it caught fire. the u.s. military launching four u.s. fighter jets to intercept a pair of russian military planes over the pacific ocean. navy officials saying the russian planes got too close to the "uss ronald reagan" tuesday, ...

>> reporter: this morning, the airport is back open, both runways are in service today. and we are -- we do know they are expect something delays as it will take some time for things to get back to normal here. alisyn? >> that macs sense. thanks so much for all of that background. was this a disaster waiting to happen? lets bring in miles obrien, cnn aviation analyst and science correspondent for pbs news. miles, great to see you. whats the latest thinking this morning about what caused this? >>...

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Lets get to alina machado live at ft. lauderdale hollywood international airport. she has the latest. what do we know now. >> reporter: there are still a lot of questions surrounding this incident. the investigation into what went wrong here is still in the very early stages. what we do know this incident unfolded very quickly and that authorities say theyre just thankful this did not turn into a disaster. terrifying video capturing flames and smoke shooting out of dynamic air flight 405, just b...

Theres more we need to know about this. the outsourcing of maintenance is a big concern. >> miles, last, i want to ask you about the evacuation plan. you can imagine how terrifying it would be to be on that plane and see that black billowing smoke. it seems they got out pretty quickly. what do you see in how they evacuated. >> the forward left slide was deployed. that shouldnt be the procedure. thats the side where the fire is. you dont want people evacuating into that acrid smoke and near the f...

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Leaking fuel just before takeoff. bursting into flames. a pilot trailing flight 405 was the first to spot trouble. >> dynamic out of the left engine it looks like its leaking a lot of -- i dont know if its fuel, but theres fluid leaking out of the left engine. >> reporter: moments later. >> engine on fire! engine on fire! >> reporter: emergency responders arriving at the scene within minutes, dousing the engine with foam and extinguishing the fire. passengers on planes nearby capture the chaos. ...

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