
NTSB Releases Preliminary Report On UPS Plane Crash
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Pictures in the report show the left engine separating during takeoff.
On Thursday, the NTSB released its preliminary report on the UPS plane crash at the Louisville airport. Pictures in the report show the left engine separating from the plane during takeoff. The plane crashed seconds later, killing three crew members and 11 others on the ground.
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NTSB Releases Preliminary Report On UPS Plane Crash
Clip: Season 4 Episode 104 | 2m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
On Thursday, the NTSB released its preliminary report on the UPS plane crash at the Louisville airport. Pictures in the report show the left engine separating from the plane during takeoff. The plane crashed seconds later, killing three crew members and 11 others on the ground.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipNew pictures from the National Transportation Safety Board showed the engine separating from a UPS Airlines plane just before the plane crashed on November 4th in Louisville.
It's part of the NTSB preliminary report on the crash released today.
Take a look at these six pictures that show the engine separation.
The pictures show the left wing engine and a pylon separating from the wing.
The left engine also caught fire.
Now, let's look closer at picture number four.
You can see the engine on fire above the plane.
Despite all of this, the plane still cleared the airport fence, but the plane never rose more than 30ft above the ground.
The plane then crashed into a storage yard and two buildings.
Three crew members and 11 people on the ground were killed.
The report says investigators found 14 cracks in the area where the engine was mounted to the wings.
Pylons.
Governor Andy Beshear commented on that today.
I've only gotten to view very fairly quickly the preliminary report that came out.
Certainly what jumps out is the the fatigue or stress cracks.
I want to learn a little bit more about what that means.
I do know that the plane had undergone, at least from what I read, the regular suggests did maintenance and reviews.
But but certainly this is something we have to learn more about.
In the end, this was a UPS plane that was involved.
So UPS needs to be a part of the healing and the help to families.
They set up a significant fund that right now is providing a lot of help.
So we're watching the situation.
But I am I am at least pleased that UPS is is directly, communicating with families with those impacted and will continue to hope and encourage them to do their part, to, to rebuild.
The NTSB says it could take a year or more to release a full report on the crash.
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