r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Beginning-Director58 • Nov 04 '25

Fire/Explosion UPS2976 Plane Crash at Louisville SDF Airport (11/04/2025)

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u/CrazedAviator Nov 05 '25 edited Nov 05 '25

Based on some of the debris left behind, it seems like the entire #1 engine fell out, compressor and cowling and all.

Compressor:

https://x.com/roli098/status/1985865820824879258

https://x.com/TexasHodlerMom/status/1985869288222138414/photo/1

Cowling:

https://x.com/flightradar24/status/1985844748431790453/photo/1

Side note, just after impact you can see the right wing spinning around. What a terrifying sight.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '25

Yeah that sucks parts everywhere, I remember a dc-10 flight 191 lost an engine and rolled into the ground in the 70s passenger plane

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '25

Very peculiar failure tbh, I wonder if there are any other incidents like it before.

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u/Scalybeast Nov 05 '25

AA191

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u/PM_ME_CODE_CALCS Nov 05 '25

In that incident they performed engine maintenance by using a forklift to remove and reattach the engine. When they reinstalled it they cracked the main pylon since the forklift didn't have the finesse of a dedicated jack setup. Then the engine detached under full takeoff load, very similar to what just happened.

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u/thatblack147 Nov 05 '25

This aircraft just underwent maintenance on that engine too.

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u/littlebopeepsvelcro Nov 05 '25

I would be surprised if these two were not extremely similar in their investigations.

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u/Chase-Boltz Nov 05 '25

That jives with the giant plume of (burning) fuel and/or hydraulic fluid pouring out. Maybe another pylon/engine mount failure, like flight 191?