Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A drone view of the crash site next to a runway at the Muhammad Ali International Airport following the crash of a UPS cargo plane ...

Still images from an airport surveillance video showing the left engine and left pylon of UPS MD-11 Flight 2976 separating from the left wing. (Photo: NTSB/UPS) The left-wing engine mount on a UPS ...

Fatigue crack growth and closure mechanisms are fundamental to understanding the durability of engineering structures subjected to cyclic loading. Over decades of research, scientists have ...

Mechanical parts are more frequently subjected to cyclic loads than solely static loads. Fatigue issues are commonly observed in turbine blades, aerospace components, locomotive systems, large ...

US investigators found fatigue cracks on pylon-mount components retrieved from the wreckage of the UPS Boeing MD-11 Freighter that crashed near Louisville on 4 November, killing 14 people, according ...

A research team at Drexel University's College of Engineering, led by Professors Ahmad R. Najafi, Jonathan Awerbuch, and Tein-Min Tan of mechanical engineering and mechanics, has developed a new way ...

Preliminary report shows cracks on fittings designed to keep plane's left engine connected to wing Preliminary report shows cracks on fittings designed to keep plane's left engine connected to wing ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report Thursday of the UPS flight that crashed in Louisville, finding the left engine pylon showed "fatigue ...

VEYO, Utah (KUTV) — A routine inspection of the Veyo Arch Bridge, built in 1957, revealed fatigue in its steel structure, prompting the Department of Transportation to impose new restrictions, include ...

The National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday it has found evidence of fatigue cracks in a key part of a UPS MD-11 cargo jet that crashed this month in Kentucky, an important clue into the ...

US investigators probing UPS plane's maintenance history UPS crash similar to 1979 American Airlines DC-10 crash FAA ordered MD-11 and DC-10 jets temporarily grounded Nov 20 (Reuters) - The National ...