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NTSB opens hearings on why UPS cargo plane engine fell off, causing deadly crash

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Federal safety investigators opened two days of hearings Tuesday to examine why the engine flew off a UPS cargo plane last year, causing a deadly crash.

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  1. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    NTSB opens hearings on why UPS cargo plane engine fell off, causing deadly crash (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    Federal safety investigators opened two days of hearings Tuesday to examine why the engine flew off a UPS cargo plane last year, causing a deadly crash.

  2. CNN

    NTSB probes why a UPS jet lost an engine and crashed on takeoff (opens CNN)

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    The National Transportation Safety Board will meet Tuesday and Wednesday to investigate why a UPS McDonnell Douglas MD-11F lost an engine and crashed in Louisville.

  3. NBC Chicago

    After UPS plane crash, 10 similar flaws were recorded. NTSB says no one raised an alarm (opens NBC Chicago)

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    Federal safety investigators opened two days of hearings Tuesday to examine why the engine flew off a UPS cargo plane last year, causing a deadly crash.

  4. ABC 13 Houston

    NTSB shares video of engine falling off UPS plane amid deadly crash hearings (opens ABC 13 Houston)

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    Investigators are examining why the engine flew off a UPS cargo plane, causing a deadly crash; why Boeing didn't address the underlying flaw sooner.

  5. ABC 7 San Francisco

    LIVE: Hearings to focus on why a UPS cargo plane engine fell off, causing deadly crash (opens ABC 7 San Francisco)

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    Investigators are examining why the engine flew off a UPS cargo plane, causing a deadly crash; why Boeing didn't address the underlying flaw sooner.

  6. NBC News

    Hearings to focus on why a UPS cargo plane engine fell off, causing deadly crash (opens NBC News)

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    Federal safety investigators began hearings on Tuesday to examine why the engine flew off a UPS cargo plane last year, causing a crash that killed 15 people, and why Boeing didn’t address the underlying flaw sooner

  7. WSVN Miami

    NTSB opens hearings on why UPS cargo plane engine fell off, causing deadly crash - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    (AP) — Federal safety investigators opened two days of hearings Tuesday to examine why the engine flew off a UPS cargo plane last year, causing a crash

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