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Images show UPS flight’s engine detaching before Kentucky crash

Rob Beschizza
Nov 21, 2025
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Image: NTSB

Still images from airport surveillance video show the left engine of UPS flight 2976 separating from the wing during takeoff, preventing the jet from climbing higher than 30 feet and dooming it to a fiery crash which killed the three crewmembers and 11 people on the ground in Louisville, Kentucky earlier this month.

A preliminary report [PDF] …

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