Delta engine fire at DCA

[Stifler's Mom]

I had the CA and FO dhd one of my flights out of DCA the day after it happened. The engine produced large vibration right after takeoff thrust was set and immediately failed. A low speed abort was accomplished, and they pulled off the runway. Tower told them they saw smoke coming from the engine so they rolled the trucks.

There never was a fire indication in the cockpit, however significant smoke was produced for a time afterwards. They taxiied into the gate under their own power after inspection and precautionary foaming from CFR.

Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

You should read the posts on the original link to the airticle. It's been a few days since I read them, but last I read was a person complaining that they didn't evacuate the plane fearing that the engine fire would cause the wing tanks to explode.