The search for victims entered its third day Thursday after a UPS cargo plane crashed and burst into flames near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, killing at least 12 people, including a ...
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Why can an MD-11F lose an engine on takeoff?

The MD-11’s three engines were meant to make “one engine out” a manageable problem; an engine leaving the airplane is ...
A United Airlines flight bound for Tokyo was forced to return to Washington Dulles International Airport on Saturday after losing power in one of its engines shortly after takeoff, triggering a brush ...
DULLES, Va. -- A United Airlines flight experienced an engine failure during takeoff from Dulles International Airport on Saturday before safely returning to the airport, according to the Federal ...
Losing two engines on takeoff doesn’t just qualify as catastrophic-it’s aerodynamically terminal. Video of Tuesday’s fatal UPS MD-11F crash in Louisville clearly depicts flames erupting from the left ...