Were on the plane. They were hurt at the time this happened. The airport was shut down a few hours and has reopened much the plane was taxiing when the engine caught fire. Fire Officials Say 15 people were taken to the hospital. One of whom had serious injuries. Passengers were evacuated off the plane using emergency slides and firefighters rushed to put the fire out. A pilot in another plane behind the one that caught fire reported seeing fuel leaking from the venezuela bound boeing 767 as bad as it looks, this situation could have been much worse. You know, this could have been very bad. Its bad enough that we have an aircraft that catches fire, fully loaded fuel wise, departing for caracas but everything worked as plan as far as training. We have a good ending under the circumstances. Dynamic airways says there were 110 passengers onboard. Most injuries were bumps and bruises from jumping off the plane to the emergency chute. One person was burned. That passengers injuries do not ap