ROMANS: Terrifying moments for passengers and crew members onboard an British Airways jet in Las Vegas. Flight 2276 was powering up for takeoff at McCarran International Tuesday afternoon when the left engine burst into flames. Listen to one passenger described what happened.</s>JAY JENNINGS, BRITISH AIRWAYS PASSENGER: 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 start. We sat still for about a minute. Just waiting to hear what to do. And then we just heard the captain says it's an emergency. Evacuate.</s>REPORTER: How scary was it?</s>JENNINGS: It was pretty scary. Yes. Like, I mean. Yes, it was more shock than anything. I don't know, yes, it was pretty scary stuff.</s>ROMANS: Wow, what an interview.</s>BERMAN: He's being wheeled into the ambulance there.</s>ROMANS: There were 159 passengers, 7 crew members onboard that flight. Fire officials say 14 people suffered minor injuries Most of those injuries, John, happened as passengers slid down emergency slides to get out of that aircraft. Fire officials tell CNN flames from the engine never breached the cabin. Still no word on what caused the fire. Another passenger on that flight said it took something 90 seconds, they were sitting there, and then, boom, the doors opened. They were on the way out.</s>BERMAN: I heard there was one runway closed. Imagine coming in and seeing a plane on fire on a runway?</s>ROMANS: Wow.</s>BERMAN: All right. Thousands of migrants pouring into Europe. The government split over what to do. The European Union officials meeting right now as this crisis unfolds. We have live team coverage, next.
British Airways Plane Catches Fire