WORLD IN BRIEF : BRITAIN : 15 Hurt Fleeing Jet as 2 Engines Burn
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Two engines of a Boeing 747 jet burst into flames shortly after landing on a chartered flight from Montreal at London’s Gatwick Airport. Airport authorities said the 439 passengers were evacuated via the plane’s emergency exits and 15 of them were slightly injured sliding down the chutes. Two firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation. The engines caught fire as the plane, which belongs to the Canadian charter company Nationair, was heading toward a parking bay, an airport spokeswoman said.
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