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Can An Aircraft Survive A Complete Engine Separation During Take-Off?

The tragic crash yesterday of UPS Airlines Flight 2976 has left nine people dead with at least another 11 seriously injured. The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 lost its No. 1 engine (left side) during ...
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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 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 ...
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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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MD-11F climb puzzle remains as engine speeds show only ‘minor’ variations

US investigators are still trying to understand why the UPS Boeing MD-11F involved in the fatal take-off crash at Louisville failed to climb away after shedding its left-hand engine. After the ...