United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Safe as United Airlines Boeing 757-200, N534UA Evacuated at Washington Dulles International Airport Washington (KIAD), District of Columbia. Flight UA-586

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An engine problem forced passengers -- including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- to evacuate a United Airlines flight at Dulles International Airport on Wednesday, officials said.

Flight attendants shouted "everyone get out" after passengers spotted smoke coming from the plane's right engine and notified the crew, according to one passenger who was onboard. Passengers slid down the plane's emergency slides onto the airport's tarmac, officials said.

"I am shaking ... People were screaming," passenger Jodi Gersh wrote in a Twitter post after evacuating.

"Attendants opened (the) rear door to see where smoke was coming from," she wrote in another post. "They then very loudly started yelling 'everyone get out.' Very scary."

Ginsburg was on the flight and was not injured, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said.

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. There were 179 passengers and six crew members onboard, United spokesman Mike Trevino said.

Yingling said an engine problem caused the evacuation. The Federal Aviation Administration said there was a report of a fire onboard. Trevino said the airline was investigating the incident, but did not confirm whether there had been an engine problem or a fire.

Video from CNN affiliate WUSA showed firefighters at the scene.

Flight 586 was scheduled to fly to San Francisco, Trevino said. Passengers will head to San Francisco on a different plane scheduled to leave Dulles later Wednesday, he said.

Dulles is located in Chantilly, Virginia, about 25 miles from downtown Washington.

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