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Eight passengers have been injured evacuating an airliner which caught fire at Orly airport in Paris.
One engine on the Airbus 320 run by low-cost carrier Vueling burst into flames, as it taxied to take-off for Alicante in Spain.
An airport spokesman said the passengers were injured as they left the plane down emergency slides.
The aircraft went into reverse to disengage from the boarding ramp when one of the engines caught fire for unknown reasons, Helene Courcoul, chief of staff at the Val de Marne prefecture.
Eight people were slightly injured as they tried to slide down the emergency toboggans, she said.
One engine on the Airbus 320 run by low-cost carrier Vueling burst into flames, as it taxied to take-off for Alicante in Spain.
An airport spokesman said the passengers were injured as they left the plane down emergency slides.
The aircraft went into reverse to disengage from the boarding ramp when one of the engines caught fire for unknown reasons, Helene Courcoul, chief of staff at the Val de Marne prefecture.
Eight people were slightly injured as they tried to slide down the emergency toboggans, she said.
They were treated by Orly airport medical personnel.
The 169 passengers and six crew were all evacuated. There was no damage to airport facilities or to other nearby aircraft. Airbus said it would have no comment for the time being.
The 169 passengers and six crew were all evacuated. There was no damage to airport facilities or to other nearby aircraft. Airbus said it would have no comment for the time being.
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