Plane catches fire during takeoff at Florida airport, several injured


  • World
  • Friday, 30 Oct 2015

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Reuters) - An engine on a passenger jet bound for Caracas, Venezuela, burst into flames while taxiing for takeoff at a Florida airport on Thursday, officials said, and several people were injured as they exited the plane using emergency slides.

Television images showed the Dynamic International Airways' Boeing 767-200ER surrounded by white foam and firefighters' trucks at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, its inflatable evacuation chutes deployed.

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