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Seconds later, the fuel ignites. Engines on fire reporter those few moments of panic gave way to a mystery why was it leaking fuel . Our linzie janis reports the investigation has already begun. Reporter the ntsb and faa are expected on scene to try to answer some of those questions. Theyll be looking at the 5yearold Airlines Maintenance record. The plane is still on the tarmac. Its filled with so much fuel, they had to shut down the airport for a couple of hours. Reporter one of the keys to the investigation will be where that fuel was leaking out of the plane. It sounds very much to me like the culprit may be a fuel line in the engine, as fuel was seen spilling out of the engine. Reporter whatever the cause, the apparent quick and correct action by both the flight cruel and the ground crews kept this from being a much more cease use incident. David kerley with us live tonight, and to linzie janis on the scene for us. We move onto another story breaking at this hour. A manhunt under w
Flames knocked down. All passengers are off the aircraft, and the engine fire is out. Reporter at least 21 passengers were hurt, mostly from bumps or falls during evacuation. Airport officials tout their Quick Response as the ntsb and faa investigate this extremely close call. We averted a disaster today. Everything worked as its planned and its supposed to work. Reporter bazi kanani, abc news, washington. Paul ryan is now speaker of the house, and he told his colleagues the house is broken and he wants to fix it by restoring order and transparency. He promises no recriminations for past disputes. Ryan is the youngest House Speaker in nearly 150 years getting the votes of all but nine republicans. His predecessor wishes him well. Because hope always springs eternal, and if you just do the right things for the right reasons, good things will happen, and this too can really happen to you. God bless you, and god bless our great country. [ applause ] former Speaker John Boehner said despit
Another pilot sees a fuel leakak. I dont know if itts fuel, it was fluid leaking out. Do you copy . Yes, sir. Reporter seconds later the fuel ignites. Engines on fire. Engine on fire. Repororr passengers hearr the explosion. Look out the window, flames all over the turbine o o the plane. Reporter they say the crew was calm despite the panic and flames. When we go down the slide i couldnt see anyone because we went from the last side so all the smoke. Reporter injures most wh they were evacuated. Soon after flames were extinguished and enge examined and a small leak found. This morning an ntsb team arrives to determine why the jet was leaking fuel just after leaving the gate. Dynamic is a sixyearold airline that operates a hal dozen 767s. The airline was up to datate with allaintenance requirement they say. Included in o of those Maintenance Requirements was an order about a fuel pump inside the wing. Dynamic says it had agreed to that order and had taken care of allhat information. The
And we begin tonight with the frightening moments for more than 100 passengers and crew on board a plane moving toward takeoff when part of the plane bursts into flames. It happened in ft. Lauderdale. A boeing 767, the plane right flames. It was getting ready for takeoff when another pilot notices something is wrong. That fuel is leaking. Moments later, the fire ball erupts. The crew acting swiftly. The emergency chute deployed. At least 15 injured. Tonight, were now hearing from the passengers who were on board, with fire right outside their windows. Abcs david kerley, leading us off. Reporter passengers frantically fleeing the burning jet liner, sliding down emergency evacuation chutes. I heard a loud bang, turned around, saw the lights, saw flames. Ran to the front of the aircraft. Reporter at that point, the jet was still moving toward takeoff. Flight attendants moving into action. He calmly as soon as the plane stopped, he opened the door, let the chute out, the chute opened to th