The really impressive thing to me about this video, other than the obvious fireball, is how quickly that flag changes directions and how violently it flaps, showing just how much air the fireball is pulling in.
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For those trying to find it (like me) the flag is in the edge of the parking lot and looks like one of those tall vertical ones.
Oh wow. I've been watching this for a while now and I'm impressed. Also great observation.
The other video with sound makes it clear that the fuel fire is drawing in a huge amount of air. I looked at it on google maps and the camera doesn't convey how close that guy was to the fireball. It looks like he was parked at the back of the lot and the plane went between him and the entrance to the lot.
That guy knew all he needed to know, he was out of there.
It was actually unrelated. He just got a call that unlimited popcorn shrimp was back at Red Lobster for a limited time.
Edit: People downvoting me must have tried to go to Red Lobster, only to realize it's not back in their area. And now they're mad at me for getting them hungry.
Jeez, you guys need to learn timing. That kind of humor isn't ok this soon after a tragedy. Just like UPS delaying my delivery of ball gags isnt ok.
I'd tell you to just be quiet, but you never got your ball gags...
As a neurodivergent let me tell you that's a very subjective subject. I love his post.
https://x.com/ShelbyWx_/status/1985893358720438345 is one of the craziest i've seen so far
Foul. I am not giving a click to X.
It won’t even let me see it, it just redirects me to their app I would never touch
The way the plane just rolled into frame, I would have just called it Hollywood BS...
Truth is stranger than fiction
Content not available in your region. I wish Imgur didn't block VPNs :(
New York Times claims that one engine fell off the plane.
That's not very typical, I'd like to make that point.
Yeah, none of the flights i have flown on had an engine fall off. But I have never flown on a UPS cargo plane, they may do things differently.
That model was dropped by passenger Airlines because of excessive maintenance issues. This flight was to Honolulu, had 34 000 gallons of fuel and it tore a strip one mile long from the runway.
So what do you do to protect the environment in these cases?
Tow it outside the environment
Into a different environment?
Yes, preferably an extra environment or two over. NIMBY!
It's not the first time an engine has fallen off of a DC-10/MD-11.
1979 Chicago O'Hare American Airlines AA191
That particular instance was due to maintenance not following the correct procedure for mounting the engine. It caused cracks in the support pylon and it was just a matter of time. The crazy thing is the pilots did exactly what they should have done. The problem is the warning system for slat disagreement was only powered by the electrical bus supplied by the engine that just departed the aircraft. So the pilots had no idea that the slats on that side of the aircraft retracted due to damage to the hydraulic lines. So that wing complete stalled and 271 people died.
The difference with this crash is the plane was wings level until the tail hit the ground. Also in that video if you look closely the slats are out on the port wing.
At least the front didn’t fall off.
This Canadian engineer could have saved everyone
Please only use aeronautical sources for aeronautical stuff: https://avherald.com/h?article=52f5748f&opt=0
Mainstream media doesn’t know shit about airplanes, ATC or meteorology and they often over simplify the facts sometimes making them wrong (like calling every ATC unit a "tower").
But yeah apparently engine 1 (left) went away during the takeoff roll, for unknown reasons. Engine 2 (middle one on the tail) seemed to have stalled, probably because of the high pitch up attitude disrupting the airflow to the engine.
If all is true then yeah, a MTOW (maximum takeoff weight) MD11 wouldn’t fly with only one engine, and it didn’t.
Another likely reason for the engine 2 compressor stall is due to debris from the left wing being ingested. Either way though, as you pointed out, it wasn't going to fly on one remaining engine with that takeoff weight.
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There's video from a news helicopter, and still images from other sources, showing a damaged engine lying next to the runway where the plane was taking off from.
In that video it does look like the portside engine is missing.
Good eye. If you freeze frame at around 0:01 we can see that the wing nearest to the camera has an engine under it like normal, but the farther back wing is just a flat surface underneath
That reminds me of that Israeli el-al Boeing that went down over Amsterdam some 30 years ago.
Lost one engine because of shit maintenance, that engine hit and ripped off a second engine and part of its wing and it still kept flying for a bit
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Was this a Boeing?
For those who come after: no it wasn't. It was a McDonnell Douglas. https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=259UP
It's probably worse.
In the 90s Boeing and McDonnell Douglas were the two major aircraft manufacturers in the US.
One was thriving, renowned for it's engineering excellency and the quality of the aircraft there produced: Boeing.
The other one was facing technical issues, development cost overruns, growing unit costs, and delays mostly due to leadership and management decisions: McDonnel Douglas.
In 1997 they merged, the new entity kept the name Boeing but most of the leadership positions were filled by executives coming from McDonnel Douglas.
For a lot of people this merger marks the moment Boeing started to spiral downwards.
Tail was down. That’s probably a package issue. Wonder if it was partially filled. And the container they slide in slipped back. That’s insane to see. Wtf is happening.
An engine exploded when they were taking off, still on the runway but too late to abort.
It was even worse. One engine exploded and the tail engine failed. They could have still taken off with just one engine out.
Not a good way to go.
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