File:ValuJet Airlines Flight 597 (N908VJ) in flame.jpg

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English: As flight 597 began its takeoff roll, a "loud bang" was heard by the airplane occupants and air traffic control personnel. The right engine fire warning light illuminated, the flightcrew of a following airplane reported to the ValuJet crew that the right engine was on fire, and the takeoff was rejected. Shrapnel from the right engine penetrated the fuselage and the right engine main fuel line, and a cabin fire erupted. The airplane was stopped on the runway, and the captain ordered the evacuation of the airplane.
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Source https://reports.aviation-safety.net/1995/19950608-0_DC93_N908VJ.pdf
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8 June 1995

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