trying to make sure that that fuel evaporates or is basically put into a condition where it could not then ignite. the authorities say that they don t know when the airport will reopen. the reason that the airport is closed is not because the other runway here can t be used because this again is on the taxiway. it s that the fire department here, the response units have to get their trucks resituated and get them foamed back up, thomas. so one thing and you may not know this, but just from the vantage point that you have of being able to see it and knowing this airport as you do, do we know how close this was to takeoff? i know there were reports that fuel was leaking on taxiway, but the speed at which the aircraft was moving when they first became aware of the situation? do you know how far it is to takeoff? yeah. it is from where that airplane is right now to making the turn to go on the runway, i
plane caught fire on the tarmac. this was a dynamics international airline that was taking off roughly around 12:30 in part to caracas, venezuela. reports it was leaking fuel, then an engine caught fire. this was an image captured by another passenger from a flight that was behind this aircraft on the runway. now we do know there were seven people that were injured, three different emergency slides were deployed from this aircraft. only one wasn t utilized to evacuate people that were on board. as you see here, though, firefighters quickly dousing out the boeing 767 with what looks like a flame retardant. this fuel leak as it was taxiing off for this 12:30 on-time departure for caracas. in an aerial shot, you ll see the damage from the fire on the plane s left engine and right by the left wing.
first responders that are going away. another image coming in right now that shows again, this dramatic scene unfolding at the fort lauderdale hollywood international airport. earlier today, as this flight was taking off, bound for venezuela, the reports are that it had been seen leaking fuel before this fire began. again, we are seeing different vantage points of just the amount of smoke that erupted out of this engine fire. we are still waiting to get confirmation on the exact number of people that were on board this flight but we do have a statement from the faa, who just put out this. dynamic international airways 405 apparently caught fire while taxiing for departure from fort lauderdale hollywood international airport. an aircraft taxiing behind the boeing 767 reported that fuel was leaking from the aircraft before the fire started. passengers evacuated via slides on to the taxiway. they are also asking for those that are concerned to contact local authorities and the
fire, the national transportation safety board will not send its so-called go team. rather they ll send in some of their engineers to look at the engine, to look at the debris to determine if there was an obvious malfunction here to determine whether there needs to be some sort of new guidelines sent out to other airline mechanics to determine that this could be a problem. but at this point, it appears to be relatively good news in that there was a plane fire, that it was right there on the runway and that all the passengers and all the crew got off. we hope to talk to some of those passengers shortly. kerry, let me ask you, do we know how many passengers were on board? i know you got that new figure, 14 transported to area hospitals. do we know how many people were on board yet? come on over. we just received word there were 101 people and crew on board the aircraft. among the injure, one patient sustained burn injuries, the rest are other injuries. that s the information from our
very ominous on that runway, but where the investigation goes from here as we wait to find out about passengers. well, thomas, a couple things to consider. one, with the slides out, all aircraft are required by certification rules to be able to evacuate all the passengers in 90 seconds which with more than 100 or 150 is a tall order, but in this case, it looks like it was quite successful. in most cases, the national transportation safety board will launch a team of investigators to go look at that. they will interview the pilots. they will download the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder to see what information that has. they will likely interview the flight crew that noticed the fuel leak behind it. then the engine will actually be detached from the plane and sent to the engine manufacturer to be taken apart to see if there s any evidence or any clues as to what caused this fire.