Updated: Damaged flight BA2276 Boeing 777 written off

One of the engines of the British Airways Boeing 777-200 airliner experienced an uncontained failure, during take off roll from McCarr...

One of the engines of the British Airways Boeing 777-200 airliner experienced an uncontained failure, during take off roll from McCarran International airport in Las Vegas on Tuesday.

The flight BA2276 bound to London Gatwick was immediately aborted by pilots.

The uncontained failure occurred to the left GE90 engine, which resulted in fire, damaging the engine and fuselage. Firefighters brought the blaze under control swiftly and all the 157 passengers and 13 crew members, including 3 pilots were evacuated immediately.

British Airways said, eight of the onboard where taken into hospital.

The 16 year old aircraft, joined the BA fleet in 1999, has been written off following the incident.

The GE 90 is world's largest turbofan engine with a overall diameter of 3.404 m.

The following are the initial factual findings by NTSB:

British Airways flight 2276, a Boeing 777-200ER, equipped with two GE90-85B engines, registration G-VIIO, was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 129 and was enroute to London - Gatwick Airport (LGW), Horley, England.
There were 157 passengers, including 1 lap child, and 13 crew members on board. There were several minor injuries as a result of the evacuation (mostly abrasions).
The flight data recorder, cockpit voice recorder and quick access recorder have arrived at the NTSB Vehicle Recorder Laboratory and are currently being downloaded.
On Tuesday evening, the airplane was photographed and the runway debris documented by FAA and airport officials before airplane was towed to secluded area of the airport (in order to reopen the runway).
Initial examination of the left engine revealed multiple breaches of the engine case in the area around the high pressure compressor.
Examination of the material recovered from runway found several pieces of the high pressure compressor spool (approximately 7-8 inches in length).
Initial examination of the airplane by NTSB revealed that the left engine and pylon, left fuselage structure and inboard left wing airplane were substantially damaged by the fire. This damage will be documented over the next several days.