Louisville Plane Crash

his tractor was parked and it looked like it was daybreak. Probably either beginning or ending his shift

 

If bro was on the other side of the yard he would have been cooked.
Goes to show that truly anything can happen at any moment.

 

5:00 in the afternoon

 

Just announced, left engine detached from the plane on takeoff!

 

I have a feeling poor maintenance was involved. AAL flight 191 had an engine detach on takeoff at O'Hare in '79. It was caused by improper maintenance procedures by American Airlines

 

In Flight 191’s case it was maintenance shortcuts that caused that accident-the plane had recently undergone an engine change at AA’s Tulsa maintenance facility.
In this case there was an uncontained engine failure event, which means shrapnel from the engine may have ruptured fuel lines and anything else. Videos from certain vantage points showed flames shooting from engine 1(the left engine)over the left wing as the MD-11 rotated during takeoff!
And this particular aircraft had from my understanding had recently undergone maintenance.

 

UPS Plane Crashes On Takeoff From Louisville

 

Was that the one where they mounted the engine to the pylon with a forklift and damaged the pins and pylon?
Saw something like that on Mayday, can’t remember if it was a md11

 

Yup.
In the middle of the procedure the forklift had been powered down due to a shift change.

 

Sheesh, are you coming from or going to work? They cut you off,,