Newly released NTSB documents revealed the ill-fated UPS cargo plane was pressed into service after a fuel leak sidelined the crew’s original plane.
WASHINGTON — Federal safety investigators opened two days of hearings Tuesday to examine why the engine flew off a UPS cargo plane last year, causing a crash that killed 15 people, and why Boeing didn’t address an underlying flaw sooner.
The engine separated from the MD-11’s wing as it accelerated down the runway Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport in November. The crash killed three pilots on the plane and 12 people on the ground. More were
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