The engine of a UPS cargo plane came off its wing before exploding into flames during takeoff, newly released photos from a federal investigation into the deadly crash earlier this month show.
The frame-by-frame images released by the National Transportation Safety Board in its report show the engine flying off and appearing to smash into the fuselage as the aircraft lifts off the ground.
The plane was departing Louisville, Kentucky and headed towards Hawaii before it crashed, leaving 14 people dead and 23 others injured on 4 November.
The plane never got more than 30ft (9.1m) above ground, the report said, narrowly clearing the runway before parts of it hit the roof of a nearby UPS warehouse.
The NTSB's preliminary report noted "fatigue cracks in addition to areas of overstress failure" around one of the plane's engine mounts on the left wing.
