Passengers evacuated from the Boeing 757 onto the tarmac just after the aircraft left the gate , said Rob Yingling , a spokesman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority . NEW : ` ` I am shaking ... People were screaming , '' one passenger said . Supreme Court Justice Jo Ann Ginsburg was on the plane . There were 179 passengers and six crew members onboard . An engine problem caused the crash , an airport authority spokesman says .
NEW : ` ` I am shaking ... People were screaming , '' one passenger said . Supreme Court Justice Jo Ann Ginsburg was on the plane . There were 179 passengers and six crew members onboard . An engine problem caused the crash , an airport authority spokesman says .