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Re:UPS plane crashes near airport in Louisville, Kentucky, o... by bombcar on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @06:23AM (#45821698)
That's the biggest, the weight gone entirely unbalances the plane; if you knew exactly what happened you MIGHT be able to keep it level (and it seems they did for a bit) but eventually airspeed drops, it tips, and cartwheels (which is apparently what it did from the videos).
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Re:UPS plane crashes near airport in Louisville, Kentucky, o... by Modified3019 on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @07:33AM (#45822164)
The aircraft hit the roof of a UPS warehouse, barely clearing it before coming down in the parking lot/junkyard nearby. So when we see it turning over in its last seconds (like the trucker dash cam video), it only had one wing at that point.
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Re:UPS plane crashes near airport in Louisville, Kentucky, o... by beerandt on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @10:56AM (#45824315)
Deadweight or no-weight engine is a relatively negligible problem in terms of the weight-balance envelope.

Cut fuel & hydraulic lines near that engine (that affect the other engines/ apus) (or less likely structural or aerodynamic problems) is what's going to shift this from "engine failure" recoverable problem to a global nonrecoverable one.

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