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Images of engine + pilon detaching UPS MD-11 in Louisville (lemmy.zip)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/aviation@lemmy.zip

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[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I believe the engine is designed to shear off instead of destroying the wing, so the not destroying the wing part seems to have worked. But I don’t think it’s supposed to shear off at that point.

Did maintenance fail to mount the engine correctly because they were in a rush?

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

John Browne has a good channel that goes into it with engineering drawings of the pilon. Yea seems designed to separate from the wing to not damage it