two, evacuated 159 passengers, 13 crew members. here's how it played out with air traffic control. >> mayday, mayday, speed bird 2276, fire engines are on wear that i. >> speed bird is the radio call sign for british airways. in addition we are just now getting new video of passengers being taken to the hospital. we were initially told two people were hurt. the new number now is 14, according to the local fire department. officials say that the majority of the injuries were, as les abend and david soucie said earlier, came from sliding down the emergency slides. our dan simon has just spoken to one of the people taken away and he joins us by phone. dan, what have you learned? >> hey, anderson, it's been quite a situation here. we've been in the international terminal just watching these paramedics wheel these passengers out. i caught up with one passenger who actually explained what had happened. he was sitting there on the plane and all of a sudden he heard a giant thud.