. Sixty-five passengers seek damages from Boeing and engine-maker GE for emotional stress and financial losses after caught fire on airport. In September , a British Airways Boeing ER registered as G-VIIO experienced an engine fire in Las Vegas, Nevada. 8, , as the plane was accelerating for takeoff, causing a massive blaze that. The Investigation traced the failure to a fatigue crack in the high pressure. The left power plant on a Boeing ER broke apart on Sept. On 8 September , the Boeing ER operating the flight suffered an uncontained engine failure and fire in the left (#1) GE90 engine during take-off from. I wonder if the same problem reoccured in this case? Fortunately. British Airways Las Vegas fire passengers describe their horror after blaze breaks out on Boeing Fire officials said 14 people were. The BA that crash landed in Heathrow had a problem with the Spar Fuel Valve not closing. A fuel-fed fire took hold and a successful emergency evacuation was completed.