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>> fire services on the way. >> reporter: british airways pilot is aborts takeoff as fire envelopes the left engine. inside 159 passengers and 13 crew members scramble to safety. >> i looked up and flames seemed to be twice the height of the aircraft. this is before the fire trucks arrived. >> reporter: not everyone got out unharmed. 27 people have been treated at the hospital with minor injuries. >> we werer were just gaining speed to take off and heard a big thud. i opened up the cover of my window and saw flames on the engine. >> reporter: a source tells cnn the plane's fire suppression equ...

Rickie fowler is redefining what it means to be a golfer. quicken loans is doing the same for mortgages. quicken loans. home buy. refi. power. official mortgage sponsor of the pga tour. terrifying moments for passengers on board a british airways jet in las veg agavegas. it was powering up for takeoff tuesday afternoon. the left engine burst into flames. listen to one passenger describe what happened. >> we were just getting speed to take off and just heard a big thud. i opened up the cover of my window and just saw flames on the engine. we suddenly stopped. we sat still for about a minute. ...

Indication light came on and the engines on this plane are equipped with fire suppression equipment. but it didn't extingish the fire. did the equipment fail or a fuel line rupture cause the fire to spread? british airways flight 2276 burst into flames shortly before takeoff at the las vegas airport with 172 people on board. >> we were just getting speed to take off and heard a big thud. i opened up the cover of my window and saw flames on the engine. >> reporter: the pilots of the london bound boeing saw the engine fail and caught fire.

Experienced what it was like from inside the burning plane. >> we were getting ready to take off. heard a big thud. i opened up the cover of my win doechlt and saw flames on the engine. we suddenly stopped. we sat still for about a minute, just waiting to hear what to document and then we heard the captain say this is an emergency, evacuate. >> how scary was it? >> pretty scary, yeah. just shocking more than anything. i don't think anyone was too hurt. i don't know. but yeah, it was pretty scary stuff. >> good thing he's okay. don't expect this to happen on a trip to vegas, right. this prompte...

But let's hear him in his own words. >> of course, yeah. tell me what happened. >> yeah. we were just gaining speed to take off and i just heard a big thud. i opened up the cover of my window and just saw flames on the engine and we suddenly stopped. we sat still for about a minute just waiting to hear what to do and then we just heard the captain say this is an emergency, evacuate. >> they opened the wrong door, initially. i thought it wasn't safe. and, yeah, so we -- yeah, so they opened one door. and then they opened the other door and we all just ran for that one. >> can you repeat that on...