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bucolic_frolic

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1. Pic #2 that engine flipped upward

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Nov 20, 2025, 12:26 PM

Nov 20

Was it bolted on? Framing cracked? Didn't inspections find such failures? (Obviously not).

So it was on fire just as it was becoming airborne on the runway.

Colossal failure of safety and technology and inspections.

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Investigators release dramatic images of UPS cargo plane erupting into flames [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 OP

Pic #2 that engine flipped upward bucolic_frolic Nov 20 #1

After the crash ... mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 #2

Thanks from those of us who fail to access the link and read it! /nt bucolic_frolic Nov 20 #4

This has been a problem with MD-11/DC-10 since they were designed. Routine maintenance can cause this if not done proper sboatcar Nov 20 #6

That kind of problem should have been Miguelito Loveless Nov 20 #10

Link to NTSB report pimpbot Nov 20 #3

That certainly explains how the #1 engine tonekat Nov 20 #5

Also looks like how the #2 might have stalled out from flame/smoke ingestion and lost power right as they needed it EX500rider Nov 20 #7

Failure or loss of part on takeoff: Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight 529, September 1, 1961 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 #8

American Airlines Flight 191, May 25, 1979 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 #9

My analysis on this from a FB post InstantGratification Nov 20 #11