Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Experts: Pilot delivered ‘textbook response’ to catastrophic engine failure

British Airways Fire AP Photos

John Locher / AP

Firefighters stand by a British Airways plane that caught fire Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, at McCarran International Airport. An engine on the plane caught fire before takeoff, forcing passengers to escape on emergency slides.

The captain of a British Airways jet that was forced to abandon its takeoff from Las Vegas after an engine burst into flames is a veteran pilot who was due to retire next week. The pilot — identified by the Guardian as Chris Henkey, 63, from near Reading, Berkshire — was applauded by passengers for averting a potential disaster on the stricken Boeing 777-200 at McCarran international airport.

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