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The National Transportation Safety Board released caller video Tuesday that showed an motor flying disconnected a UPS cargo level that crashed during takeoff past twelvemonth successful Louisville, killing 15 people. The NTSB besides revealed that the unit of the crashed pitchy had been reassigned to it aft their archetypal level was taken retired of service.
The video, captured by an airdrome camera, showed the motor travel disconnected the level successful a shot of occurrence arsenic the pitchy raced down the runway.
On Nov. 4, 2025, UPS Flight 2976 bound for Hawaii crashed moments aft takeoff from Louisville International Airport, wherever UPS has its planetary aviation hub. Photos and videos had showed the near motor separating and falling disconnected the level during takeoff.
Video released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows the near motor separating from a UPS cargo level during a clang connected Nov. 4, 2025, astatine Louisville International Airport.
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The clang of the McDonnell Douglas MD-11F killed each 3 pilots aboard the level and 12 much radical connected the crushed erstwhile the pitchy slammed into a adjacent concern complex. Nearly 2 twelve much radical were injured.
During the archetypal time of a two-day proceeding successful Washington, D.C., NTSB investigators revealed that the formation unit had been reassigned to the MD-11F aft their archetypal plane, besides an MD-11, was taken retired of service.
The archetypal level was taken retired of work erstwhile a substance leak was discovered and reported to maintenance, the NTSB disclosed.
The NTSB antecedently reported there was evidence of cracks successful the near wing's motor mount. The NTSB said Tuesday that metallic fatigue caused the nonaccomplishment of a constituent attaching the motor to the wing.
An NTSB researcher besides disclosed during the proceeding that UPS did not instrumentality further enactment aft reviewing a 2011 announcement from Boeing that flagged structural failures connected the MD-11.
UPS has said the notification did not necessitate action.
The Federal Aviation Administration grounded the MD-11 aft the November crash, and UPS has since retired them from its fleet.
"Our absorption remains connected supporting the probe and honoring those affected by this tragedy," UPS said successful a connection Tuesday.
Meanwhile, adjacent though the NTSB probe is ongoing, FedEx has started returning MD-11 craft to work aft they acquisition repairs recommended by Boeing and approved by the FAA.
Sarah Ploss and Kathryn Krupnik contributed to this report.
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