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New video shows fiery moments engine separated from UPS cargo plane in deadly crash
The National Transportation Safety Board released new video Tuesday that showed an engine flying off a UPS cargo plane that crashed during takeoff last year in Louisville, killing 15 people. The NTSB also revealed that the crew of the crashed jet had been reassigned to it after their original plane was taken out of service.
TL;DR
- New video shows an engine separating from a UPS cargo plane during takeoff in Louisville.
- The crash on Nov. 4, 2025, killed all three pilots and 12 people on the ground.
- The flight crew was reassigned to the crashed MD-11F after their original plane was taken out of service due to a fuel leak.
- Metal fatigue caused the failure of a component attaching the engine to the wing.
- UPS did not take additional action after reviewing a 2011 notice from Boeing flagging structural failures on the MD-11.
- UPS has since retired its MD-11 fleet from service.