Still images from airport security footage shows UPS Flight 2976's left engine separating and moving over the aircraft as the MD-11 rotates.
Credit: UPS via NTSB
Fatigue cracks in part of the aircraft’s left engine pylon assembly have emerged as a key factor in the Nov. 4 fatal crash of a UPS McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 Freighter (MD-11F). Investigators found cracks in the left (No. 1) engine pylon’s aft bulkhead forward and aft mount lugs, a preliminary NTSB...
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