Private plane bursts into flame at Houston airport, all 21 aboard escape

A private plane has burst into flames during take-off at an airport outside Houston. However, all 21 passengers on board escaped with minor injuries.

A private jet burst into flames during a take-off attempt at a small airport outside Houston on Tuesday, but all 21 people on board managed to escape without serious injury, US aviation officials said.

The McDonnell Douglas MD-87 was departing the Houston Executive Airport just after 10 a.m. local time (1500 GMT) when it rolled through a fence and caught fire, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in an email to Reuters.