A British Airways plane bound for London has caught fire at Las Vegas airport, forcing the evacuation of all 172 on board on emergency slides.
McCarran International airport tweeted that two people “were transported for minor injuries”.
US Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor was quoted as saying that the plane’s left engine caught fire before take-off.
The plane was seen engulfed in flames and smoke. The fire was later put out.
Flight 2276 – a Boeing 777-200 – was bound for London’s Gatwick airport.
There were 159 passengers and 13 crew members on board.
In a later tweet, the airport wrote: “Received first call at 4:13 PM (23:13 GMT); flames were spotted at 4:14, and by 4:14 response was underway.”
It added: “@LASairport had the fire out and all passengers off BA flight by 4:18 PM – excellent work by our ARFF team.”
Officials said one runway was shut down, but three others continued to operate.
McCarran is a major airport in the US, handling more than 40 million passengers last year.