New video shows fiery moments engine separated from UPS plane in deadly crash

CBS Evening News New video shows fiery moments engine separated from UPS cargo plane in deadly crash .chip { background-image: url('/fly/bundles/cbsnewscore/images/chip-bgd/chip-bgd-evening-news.jpg'); } By Kris Van Cleave Kris Van Cleave Kris Van Cleave Emmy Award-winning journalist Kris Van Cleave is the senior transportation correspondent for CBS News based in Phoenix, Arizona, where he also serves as a national correspondent reporting for all CBS News broadcasts and platforms. Read Full Bio Kris Van Cleave May 19, 2026 / 9:32 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google The National Transportation Safety Board released new video Tuesday that showed an engine flying off a UPS cargo plane that crashed during takeoff last year in Louisville, killing 15 people. The NTSB also revealed that the crew of the crashed jet had been reassigned to it after their original plane was taken out of service.The video, captured by an airport camera, showed the engine come off the plane in a ball of fire as the jet raced down the runway.On Nov. 4, 2025, UPS Flight 2976 bound for Hawaii crashed moments after takeoff from Louisville International Airport, where UPS has its global aviation hub. Photos and videos had showed the left engine separating and falling off the plane during takeoff. Video released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows the left engine separating from a UPS cargo plane during a crash on Nov. 4, 2025, at Louisville International Airport.  NTSB The crash of the McDonnell Douglas MD-11F killed all three pilots aboard the plane and 12 more people on the ground when the jet slammed into a nearby business complex. Nearly two dozen more people were injured.During the first day of a two-day hearing in Washington, D.C., NTSB investigators revealed that the flight crew had been reassigned to the MD-11F after their original plane, also an MD-11, was taken out of service.The original plane was taken out of service when a fuel leak was discovered and reported to...