British Airways Flight 2276
Fire damage to the aircraft | |
| Accident | |
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| Date | 8 September 2015 |
| Summary | Fire due to uncontained failure of engine 1 leading to rejected takeoff |
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| Aircraft | |
| G-VIIO, the aircraft involved in the accident, pictured in 2010 | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 777-236ER |
| Aircraft name | Chelsea Rose |
| Operator | British Airways |
| IATA flight No. | BA2276 |
| ICAO flight No. | BAW2276 |
| Call sign | SPEEDBIRD 2276 |
| Registration | G-VIIO |
| Flight origin | McCarran International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| Destination | Gatwick Airport, Crawley, England |
| Occupants | 170 |
| Passengers | 157 |
| Crew | 13 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 20 |
| Survivors | 170 |
British Airways Flight 2276 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Las Vegas, Nevada, to London Gatwick Airport, England. On 8 September 2015, the Boeing 777-200ER operating the flight suffered an uncontained engine failure and fire in the left (#1) GE90 engine during take-off from Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport, prompting an aborted take-off and the evacuation of all passengers and crew. All 170 people on board survived, but 20 occupants were injured.
The aircraft, which suffered moderate damage to a section of its forward fuselage as of a result of the vigorous fire, was repaired and returned to commercial passenger service in March 2016. The fire was caused by metal fatigue in a compressor disk, leading to detachment of the main fuel supply line.