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New images show fire on doomed UPS plane during takeoff; NTSB report reveals how engine ripped off
The NTSB released photos of the deadly UPS plane crash at a Louisville airport showing engine separation and a fire that killed 14 people on Nov. 5.
Shocking new photos from the deadly Kentucky plane crash reveal the moment the engine of the UPS Boeing erupted into flames during take off.
The newly released images in the NTSB report, taken from an airport surveillance video, show the left engine and left pylon separate from the left wing. A fire ignited on the left engine as it went up and over the fuselage, before it hit the ground, the NTSB said.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will lead the investigation into the incident.
Victims included three pilots on board when the crash happened during takeoff at UPS Worldport, the company’s global aviation hub located at Muhammad Ali International Airport. They were Capt. Richard Wartenberg, First Officer Lee Truitt and International Relief Officer Capt. Dana Diamond.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — There were no signs of issues with the UPS plane that crashed in Louisville on Nov. 4 until the plane began to rotate during takeoff, federal aviation investigators said Thursday. Rotation is the term used when the nose tips up for takeoff.
Frame by frame, six photos released by federal investigators capture horrifying images of ill-fated Flight 2976 as it turned into a fireball along a Kentucky airport runway.
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The small aircraft "crashed for unknown reasons" about two hours after departing Virginia's Chesapeake Regional Airport.
The UPS cargo plane that crashed in Kentucky this week, killing at least 12 people including a child, was more than three decades old and had been grounded for repairs a little more than a month before the crash.
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New images from airport security cameras show the UPS plane's left engine pylon detach from the wing moments before the deadly crash.