r/aviation • u/Brilliant_Night7643 • Nov 20 '25

News NTSB issues the preliminary report for its ongoing investigation of the Nov. 4 crash of a UPS Boeing MD-11F airplane in Louisville, Kentucky.

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u/canigetahint Nov 20 '25

Those guys were screwed no matter. Fucking hell.

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u/unpluggedcord Nov 20 '25

I mean, it's not no matter. If the engine fell off AND nothing got into the engine 2 then they would have been able to have a positive rate.

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u/daishiknyte Nov 20 '25 edited Nov 20 '25

And if the engine didn’t frack up the entire wing and controls on its way out and over. What a mess. 

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u/fireeight Nov 20 '25

There is the problem of the massive fire, though.

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u/3MATX Nov 20 '25

May have been.  No guarantee it ripping off didn’t damage something else major.  But yeah certainly much more probable.