A fatigue crack buried inside an engine mount can remain invisible until the instant it becomes catastrophic. That engineering reality sits at the center of the MD-11 engine-separation accident that ...
A hidden crack can remain harmless for years, then become catastrophic in seconds. The loss of a UPS MD-11F shortly after liftoff from Louisville has brought unusual attention to one of the least ...
Fatigue fractures in the rear mounting bracket for the left engine pylon led to the crash of UPS flight 2976 departing Muhammed Ali International Airport in Louisville on November 4. That's the ...