Investigation underway: A UPS cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Louisville, Kentucky, airport Tuesday, leaving a fiery trail of destruction and a half- mile-long debris field. At least 12 people have died and others are injured, officials say, warning the death toll could climb as the investigation continues.
Black boxes recovered: An NTSB investigation team is on site at the crash location and has recovered the aircraft’s “black boxes” - the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder.
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/ups-plane-crash-louisville-airport?ch=1
That’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.
6 downvotes are OOTL and haven’t seen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM
It’s not the first time an engine has fallen off of a DC-10/MD-11.
1979 Chicago O’Hare American Airlines AA191
That particular instance was due to maintenance not following the correct procedure for mounting the engine. It caused cracks in the support pylon and it was just a matter of time. The crazy thing is the pilots did exactly what they should have done. The problem is the warning system for slat disagreement was only powered by the electrical bus supplied by the engine that just departed the aircraft. So the pilots had no idea that the slats on that side of the aircraft retracted due to damage to the hydraulic lines. So that wing complete stalled and 271 people died.
The difference with this crash is the plane was wings level until the tail hit the ground. Also in that video if you look closely the slats are out on the port wing.
Yeah, none of the flights i have flown on had an engine fall off. But I have never flown on a UPS cargo plane, they may do things differently.
That model was dropped by passenger Airlines because of excessive maintenance issues. This flight was to Honolulu, had 34 000 gallons of fuel and it tore a strip one mile long from the runway.
So what do you do to protect the environment in these cases?
Tow it outside the environment
Into a different environment?
Yes, preferably an extra environment or two over. NIMBY!
At least the front didn’t fall off.