Not good So, a UPS freighter lost an engine on takeoff at Louisville and crashed, killing its three crew and at least 9 more on the ground.
By, "Lost an engine," I mean that the engine fell off.
The aircraft was an MD-11, basically a rebadged DC-10.
If this scenario sounds familiar, it's because a DC-10 crashed at Chicago O'Hare in 1979 after its engine detached from the wing.
That plane is cursed.
An engine on the UPS cargo jet that crashed in Louisville, Ky., this week fell off moments before the plane took flight, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Wednesday.
The jet, with a crew of three, plunged to the ground seconds later and erupted into flames as it careened through industrial buildings at the edge of the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport Tuesday evening.
At least 12 people died, officials said on Wednesday. A coroner was at the crash site on Wednesday, and the condition of some of the bodies could make it difficult to confirm their identities, Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky said. The identities of the victims have not been released.
At a news conference Wednesday afternoon, Todd Inman, a member of the transportation safety board, said that, according to security footage, the plane’s left engine had detached from the wing while the aircraft was rolling to take off.
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