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International airport in caracas, venezuela. from ft. lauderdale. before this fire occurred in what we believe is the left engine according to wsvn. from here, once they make sure everything is doused, the fire is out, what they're going to do is move in and investigate, similar to what they did in las vegas, kate, when another plane caught fire, its left engine caught fire. so they're going to go in, investigate. first off, see what was the impetus. what caused this. and then also look to see is there something we missed along the way that should have been caught. of course, those are the big...

>> engine's on fire! engine's on fire! >> reporter: smoke pours from a boeing 767 as frightened passengers scramble to the emergency evacuate slides. the dynamic airways flight was about to take off from fot. lauderdale airport to caracas, venezuela, at 12:45 this afternoon. >> roger 9002. >> do a 180 advise for instruction. >> reporter: the frightening scene happening moments after -- >> left engine was on fire. the plane was loaded with passengers. they were taxiing -- the planes behind me now were taxiing to the north runway to depart for caracas. >> reporter: moments before a pilot on anot...

Something on their digital equipment inside the plane. i mean, this is an older 767 but they might have noticed something in terms of engine pressure. but there's no question that they'll look at maintenance, they'll look at whether the engi they're going to look at a variety of things. and the black boxes will help tell the story. >> you say it's an older plane, it's 29 years old this boeing 767, a pretty common plane out there. is that an old plane 29 years? >> well, it's getting amount in years. my understanding is that the engines were an older variant of the pratton whitney engines. >> so...

The engine. >> that's a key question here. because this is a plane, this is an aircraft that you obviously have to say, assume, they had just gone through their safety checks, were taxiing in order to take off. the flight was headed to venezuela. what could happen between the safety check list time before -- those procedures, to getting on the taxi way? >> sure. it's a good question. i have flown a 767. i have many hours, very very reliable aircraft. you know, one of the crew members, either the canptain or the co-pilot, if there was a substantial leak, it certainly would have been found. or t...

First, let's go to pamela brown. pamela, we're told one person was seriously burned in that plane fire. what else are you learning? >> that's right, wolf. we're learning 15 passengers were brought to the hospital following that incident. one with serious burns, two with less and others had walking injuries officials say and audio shows how the pilots in the burning plane reacted when they learned what was happening. >> engine on fire. >> smoke pours from a boeing 767 as frightened passengers scramble to the emergency evacuation slide. the flight was about to take off from fort lauderdale airpo...