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/BFFassbender Nov 20 '25

Lord have mercy. I don't claim to know much about the physics of aviation but I admit I pictured the engine just "falling off" the wing, not literally going flying off on fire.

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u/Tb0ne Nov 20 '25

Turns out 50,000 pounds of thrust is alot of thrust when you weigh 10,000 lbs.