Investigators say UPS plane that crashed in Kentucky, killing 14, had cracks in engine mount

[Omaha Steve]

https://apnews.com/article/ups-plane-crash-louisville-ecb71ae0fe6ca10c2b79c3294a06db28

By JOSH FUNK and ED WHITE
Updated 6:25 PM CST, November 20, 2025

Federal investigators released dramatic photos Thursday of an engine flying off a doomed UPS cargo plane that crashed two weeks ago in Kentucky, killing 14 people, and said there was evidence of cracks in the left wing’s engine mount.

A series of six photos showed the rear of the engine starting to detach before it flew up and over the wing as flames erupted. The next image shows the wing engulfed by fire as the burning engine flies above it. The last image shows the plane starting to get airborne.

But the MD-11 plane only got 30 feet (9.1 meters) off the ground, the National Transportation Safety Board said, citing the flight data recorder in its first formal but preliminary report about the Nov. 4 disaster in Louisville, Kentucky.

Three pilots on the plane were killed along with 11 more people on the ground near Muhammad Ali International Airport.

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