{"id":37858,"date":"2025-11-06T01:51:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T01:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/photo-shows-ups-cargo-plane-at-moment-of-fiery-crash-left-engine-detached-before-takeoff-ntsb-says\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T01:51:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T01:51:43","slug":"photo-shows-ups-cargo-plane-at-moment-of-fiery-crash-left-engine-detached-before-takeoff-ntsb-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/photo-shows-ups-cargo-plane-at-moment-of-fiery-crash-left-engine-detached-before-takeoff-ntsb-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo shows UPS cargo plane at moment of fiery crash; left engine detached before takeoff, NTSB says"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/690be33a513c94655a3db30b?format=jpeg\" alt=\"UPS cargo plane crash\"\/><figcaption>A screenshot of a social media video shows the UPS cargo plane banking left in the moment of the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky Truck Parts &amp; Service via Reuters<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>A UPS cargo plane crashed near a Louisville airport on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people.<\/li>\n<li>An official said CCTV footage showed the left engine of the plane detached prior to takeoff.<\/li>\n<li>A screenshot image shows the aircraft banking sharply to the left at the moment of the crash.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Surveillance footage showed the UPS cargo plane that crashed near a Louisville airport lost its left engine just before takeoff, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board said.<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference on Wednesday, J. Todd Inman, an NTSB member, said that the CCTV security footage reviewed by the agency showed &quot;the left engine detaching from the wing during the takeoff roll.&quot; Takeoff roll is the distance an aircraft travels on the runway just before it goes airborne.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;This and other videos, along with evidence we are finding, are very valuable assets to our investigators,&quot; Inman said.<\/p>\n<p>The UPS plane, a 34-year-old widebody jet manufactured by McDonnell-Douglas, which merged with Boeing Company in 1997, was headed to Honolulu on Tuesday when it crashed near the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The tail number was N259UP. It was first delivered to Thai Airways in 1991, before being acquired by UPS in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>A screengrab of a social media video that was posted by Reuters showed the cargo plane banking hard left in the moment of the impact before the aircraft was engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n<p>It&#039;s very rare, but engines can shear off at high vibrations. Mark Stephens, a former Delta MD-11 pilot and instructor, described it to Business Insider as a washing machine that spins out of control.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The most dangerous time to lose an engine is right after takeoff,&quot; he said. &quot;They would have very little time to react.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Louisville Fire Department chief Brian O&#039;Neill said on Tuesday that the aircraft had around 38,000 gallons of fuel on board.<\/p>\n<p>KentuckyGov. Andy Beshear said in an X post on Wednesday evening that the death toll had reached at least 11 people and expected it to be 12 &quot;by the end of the day.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The crash caused UPS to halt package sorting operations at Worldport, the company&#039;s automated package sorting facility near the Louisville airport. UPS said in an updated statement on Wednesday that it canceled Second Day air shipping services from the facility.<\/p>\n<p>A Boeing spokesperson said in a statement to Business Insider that its technical team is supporting the NTSB&#039;s investigation in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We extend our deepest condolences to the families and friends of those who lost their lives in this accident,&quot; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>There are about 60 MD-11 aircraft flying worldwide for cargo airlines UPS, FedEx, and Western Global, per Cirium. It has not flown passengers since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second major cargo airline crash in a month. On October 20, an Emirates SkyCargo plane killed two people on the ground after it ran off the runway in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A screenshot of a social media video shows the UPS cargo plane banking left in the moment of the crash. Kentucky Truck Parts &amp; Service via Reuters A UPS cargo plane crashed near a Louisville airport on Tuesday, killing at least 11 people. 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