The left engine of the BA aircraft that caught fire on the runway at Las Vegas airport had "multiple breaches of the engine case", US air investigators have found.
157 passengers and 13 crew were forced to evacuate the plane.
The left engine of the BA aircraft that caught fire on the runway at Las Vegas airport had "multiple breaches of the engine case", US air investigators have reported.
In a preliminary report into the incident, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said that examination of the plane's left engine revealed the breaches were “in the area around the high pressure compressor".
The report also said that material was recovered from the runway path the Boeing 777 had taken, including several pieces of the high pressure compressor spool.
Further Initial examinations had revealed that the "left engine and pylon, left fuselage structure and inboard left wing were substantially damaged by the fire"
The NTSB added that the flight data recorder, cockpit voice recorder and quick access recorder were all now being downloaded for examination.
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