# Accident 20150908023939A: Boeing B-777, Las Vegas, NV, September 8, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2015, 16:13 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: BRAF
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: G-VIIO (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B-777
- Reported engine: GE GE90-90B
- People aboard: 173
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 5
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 12,350 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150908023939A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 1613 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A BOEING 777-236ER, REGISTRATION NUMBER G-VIIO BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 129 AS FLIGHT 2276 BY BRITISH AIRWAYS (BRAF), WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT EXPERIENCED AN UNCONTAINED ENGINE FAILURE AND FIRE IN THE LEFT ENGINE AT APPROXIMATELY 80 KNOTS DURING AN ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, MCCARRAN FIELD (LAS).  ALL 157 PASSENGERS AND 13 CREW EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT VIA EMERGENCY SLIDES WITH 5 OF THOSE PASSENGERS SUSTAINING MINOR INJURIES.  THE AIRPORT RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTING SERVICES RESPONDED WITHIN THREE MINUTES AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WITHIN 30 SECONDS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED BY THE FIRE.  THE WEATHER WAS DAYTIME, CAVU WITH LIGHT WINDS FROM THE NORTH.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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