According to Reuters, on February 2, local time, an engine of a passenger plane preparing to take off suddenly caught fire at the Houston Airport in the United States. 109 people, including the crew, were evacuated. The report quoted the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as saying that the failure was a United Airlines passenger plane. The plane was preparing to take off on the runway. Then its engine failed and caused a fire. After the crew received an engine failure notification, they urgently aborted the takeoff on the runway.
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According to reports, there were 104 passengers and 5 crew members on board at the time. United later said in a statement: "Passengers were evacuated from the aircraft on the runway using a combination of slides and stairs and transferred to the terminal by bus." It is said that no one was injured in the incident.