NTSB's SHOCKING Pics Show UPS Plane Engine Ripping From Wing

The NTSB has released its preliminary report on the UPS plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, in November 2025. Jeff Ostroff presents the key findings from the investigation into the UPS plane crash, detailing the sequence of events and potential causes.

The NTSB's initial findings confirm that the investigation into the November 4, 2025, crash of the McDonnell Douglas MD-11F in Louisville, Kentucky, is centered on a significant structural failure. Airport surveillance video captured the moment the left engine and its pylon separated from the wing shortly after the aircraft began to lift off the runway.

Investigators have examined the recovered engine pylon and discovered evidence of metal fatigue. Specifically, the report details fatigue cracks on the lugs of the pylon's aft mount, which is the structure that connects the engine pylon to the wing.

The NTSB also released still images from the airport surveillance video showing the engine separating from the aircraft. We go through the details of this aviation news, drawing insights from crash site footage and expert commentary to understand the aviation safety aspects involved.

We also point out how this Louisville plane crash of the UPS plane, and MD11F, is very similar to the 1979 crash of American Airlines Flight 191, also known as AA191, whose cause was similar. During maintenance, a worker backed a forklift into the engine, causing damage to the rear attachment point of the engine pylon to the wing.

Link to NTSB UPS Flight 2976 Crash During Takeoff page Accident #DCA26MA024:
https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/P...

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00:00 Introduction to NTSB Preliminary Report UPS Plane Crash
00:34 Photos released by NTSB show the UPS Plane engine ripping off the wing
01:07 Analysis Frame #1 Louisville Airport security cam
01:41 Analysis Frame #2 engine pylon breaks loose, Louisville Airport security cam
02:39 Analysis Frame #3 First flame after engine ripped off Louisville Airport security cam
03:33 Analysis Frame #4 Engine flies through the air on Louisville Airport security cam
04:39 Why pilots did not stop the plane
05:54 Analysis Frame #5 Engine broken off mid-air, Louisville Airport security cam
06:34 Analysis Frame #6 plane takes off on fire, Louisville Airport security cam
06:49 UPS Plane crash debris field
07:23 How the engine and pylon attach to the wing
08:42 NTSB photos of engine pylon damage, forward/aft lugs
15:32 Maintenance inspection issues with UPD Flight 2976
16:28 Similar Events: American Airlines Flight 191 (AA191) in 1979
16:59 UPs plane flight crew experience