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MD-11 engine breakaway exposes aging pylon risk across cargo fleets

A hidden crack can remain harmless for years, then become catastrophic in seconds. The loss of a UPS MD-11F shortly after ...
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NTSB releases frame-by-frame images of engine separating during UPS crash in Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The National Transportation Safety Board unveiled new details describing a stunning frame-by-frame images showing the left engine separating from the plane and going up and over the ...
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UPS MD-11F crash evokes spectre of American 191 but the depth of parallels is unclear

Confirmation that the UPS Boeing MD-11F which crashed in Louisville suffered a separation of its left-hand engine during take-off is likely to draw comparisons to the watershed McDonnell Douglas DC-10 ...
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Why engine pylon failures still haunt aging cargo jets

How can a single attachment assembly turn a routine takeoff into an unrecoverable systems emergency? That question has trailed widebody freighters for decades because the engine pylon is not just a ...
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UPS inquiry yet to explain MD-11F’s failure to climb after shedding engine

US investigators have yet to determine why a UPS Boeing MD-11F failed to climb away from Louisville after shedding an engine on take-off. Preliminary findings from the National Transportation Safety ...