The National Transportation Safety Board released a series of alarming photographs of the moment the engine detached from the UPS cargo plane before it crashed

Federal investigators have unveiled disturbing photographs of an engine breaking away from a doomed UPS cargo aircraft that went down a fortnight ago in Kentucky, resulting in 14 fatalities. The pictures show evidence of fractures in the left wing's engine mounting.

A series of six photographs depict the rear section of the engine starting to detach before it rises above the wing amid a blast of flames. An image captures the wing being engulfed by fire whilst the blazing engine climbs overhead. The concluding photograph shows the aircraft beginning its take-off. Nevertheless, the MD-11 plane only succeeded in climbing 30 feet

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