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Re:NTSB Preliminary Report – UPS Boeing MD-11F Crash [pdf] by JumpCrisscross on Friday November 21, 2025 @02:40AM (#46002133)
> Could you describe a combination of forces that would have thrown that engine to the left of the direction of travel?

Foreign object gets yeeted to the right. Internal component gets yeeted to the right. Engine exploded on its right side.

I think each of those is more likely than gyroscopics since the engine went to the left. Not left and up.

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Re:NTSB Preliminary Report – UPS Boeing MD-11F Crash [pdf] by inejge on Friday November 21, 2025 @03:21AM (#46002396)
> [...] the engine went to the left. Not left and up.

Whatever you're describing, it's not this accident. Over and out.

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Re:NTSB Preliminary Report – UPS Boeing MD-11F Crash [pdf] by JumpCrisscross on Friday November 21, 2025 @05:58AM (#46003296)
You're correct–I didn't look at the photos.

My broad comment is that gyroscopic precession having any critical role in this is incredibly far fetched. That said, I've never flown or worked on a turbofan so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

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