On 4 November, an MD-11 cargo plane operated by UPS crashed in Louisville, Kentucky, killing fourteen people. We know that the airplane lost its left engine on take-off. But why did that happen?
Punching Upwards, Episode 11 for 23 November 2025
Topic: Aviation / UPS Flight 2976
Credits
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Sources
* Aviation Investigation Preliminary Report DCA26MA024 (UPS Flight 2976), NTSB, November 2025
* Crash: UPS MD11 at Louisville on Nov 4th 2025, burst into flames on takeoff, The Aviation Herald, 5 November 2025
* NTSB releases new images and preliminary report on UPS cargo plane crash, NBC News, 21 November 2025
* Aircraft Accident Report AAR-79-17 (American Airlines Flight 191), NTSB, December 1979
* Gyroscopic Precession, AOPA Foundation, 29 January 2012
* Extended Diversion Time Operations (EDTO) Manual, ICAO, 2017
* Owner’s & Operator’s Guide: MD-11 Family, Aircraft Commerce, Issue 47, August 2006
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