UPS MD-11 Crash in SDF

[Hacker]

9 hours ago, brabus said:

I don’t think losing the one engine (at least in an airbus) is a huge deal, not even hard to deal with. But, all bets are off when it falls off, likely resulting in ruptured hyd lines and fuel cells. Then throw in the alleged loss of the #3 at 500k GW. Screwed…nobody can recover from that.

The tail engine is #2.

[brabus]

2 hours ago, Hacker said:

The tail engine is #2.

I had a 50/50 shot…put it all on black!

[HuggyU2]

3 hours ago, Hacker said:

The tail engine is #2.

Engines are numbered left to right... for those unaware like I was at one point. 
 

Brabus... In the Viper or F-35, that would be "#1". 

Edited 22 hours ago by HuggyU2

[ClearedHot]

At the recommendation of Boeing, both UPS AND Purple have grounded their MD-11's.

[fire4effect]

C-5 and AF 1 both use a version of the CF-6. Of course how they attach to the airframe is where I see this investigation headed. Props and engine mounts keep maintainers/engineers up at night for a reason.

[Smokin]

15 hours ago, HuggyU2 said:

Brabus... In the Viper or F-35, that would be "#1". 

AKA, "the" engine.  Having only one really simplifies which one you're talking about.

[arg]

3 hours ago, Smokin said:

AKA, "the" engine.  Having only one really simplifies which one you're talking about.

Yep, only one engine to worry about vs three or four

[Sua Sponte]

3 hours ago, arg said:

Yep, only one engine to worry about vs three or four

Minus the fact the Viper has two different engine manufacturers and different models between manufacturers.