"During a press conference on Wednesday, J. Todd Inman, an NTSB member, said that the CCTV security footage reviewed by the agency showed "the left engine detaching from the wing during the takeoff roll." Takeoff roll is the distance an aircraft travels on the runway just before it goes airborne. "This and other videos, along with evidence we are finding, are very valuable assets to our investigators," Inman said."
"The UPS plane, a 34-year-old widebody jet manufactured by McDonnell-Douglas, which merged with Boeing Company in 1997, was headed to Honolulu on Tuesday when it crashed near the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday evening. The tail number was N259UP. It was first delivered to Thai Airways in 1991, before being acquired by UPS in 2006. Louisville Fire Department chief Brian O'Neill said on Tuesday that the aircraft had around 38,000 gallons of fuel on board."
Surveillance footage showed the UPS cargo plane lost its left engine during the takeoff roll, with CCTV showing the engine detaching from the wing just before liftoff. The aircraft, a 34-year-old McDonnell-Douglas widebody jet (tail N259UP), was bound for Honolulu and had been first delivered to Thai Airways in 1991 before joining UPS in 2006. The plane banked sharply left and crashed near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday evening, catching fire. The aircraft carried about 38,000 gallons of fuel. At least eleven people were killed. UPS halted Worldport sorting operations and canceled some shipping services pending investigation.
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