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UPS 2976 crash reveals critical engine pylon failure

The first reports to 911 happened only seconds after the crash, with cries tinged with shock and terror. “Plane fall”, then fire engulfing the sky was the witness account given by several drivers on ...
The NTSB's preliminary investigation into UPS Flight 2976's crash is focusing on fatigue cracking found within the left engine pylon structure. Surveillance video shows the No. 1 engine and pylon ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - FAA records show maintenance workers repaired a crack on the crashed UPS plane’s left engine pylon in 2019. The NTSB said Friday the bulk of that pylon was still attached to ...
The left engine that came off the UPS McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 leading to its fatal crash Nov. 4 had most of its pylon attached when it separated, NTSB investigators have determined. “The bulk of the ...
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Christmas Day death adds to toll in UPS MD-11 crash

Nothing in the world of aviation safety is as chilling as the frame-by-frame effect of a sequence of shots depicting the left ...
(CNN) — A critical mount that kept the left engine attached to the UPS flight that crashed in Louisville earlier this month failed only moments after the doomed flight broke ground, according to a new ...
The first ‘cutting of metal’ for the Airbus A320neo has taken place in Toulouse. Marking the start of manufacturing of the airliner, machining began of the first engine pylon component at the ...
Federal investigators have found evidence of cracks in the engine mount of the UPS cargo plane that crashed this month in Louisville, killing 14, after spending much of the previous two months in San ...
Boeing Co. will recommend more frequent inspections of pylons holding engines onto the wings of its 767 aircraft after American Airlines found cracks on two planes at its maintenance base in Tulsa.