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Why can an MD-11F lose an engine on takeoff?

The MD-11’s three engines were meant to make “one engine out” a manageable problem; an engine leaving the airplane is ...
The NTSB's preliminary investigation into UPS Flight 2976's crash is focusing on fatigue cracking found within the left engine pylon structure. Surveillance video shows the No. 1 engine and pylon ...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has widened its emergency response to a serious engine pylon issue that was first uncovered on the MD-11 freighter fleet. Days after grounding the McDonnell ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - FAA records show maintenance workers repaired a crack on the crashed UPS plane’s left engine pylon in 2019. The NTSB said Friday the bulk of that pylon was still attached to ...
The left engine that came off the UPS McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 leading to its fatal crash Nov. 4 had most of its pylon attached when it separated, NTSB investigators have determined. “The bulk of the ...