As the investigations into the cargo plane crash, which killed 11 people in the southern United States, progress, it has now been revealed that one of the engines of the UPS flight detached during takeoff after catching fire.

According to AFP, the National Transportation Safety Board sent teams to Louisville to investigate the accident.

Later, NTSB member Todd Inman told reporters that investigators had reviewed closed-circuit airport footage “which shows the left engine detaching from the wing during the take-off roll."

While the plane crashed and destroyed or damaged multiple buildings, leaving a fiery debris field nearly half a mile (800 meters) long, its left engine remained “on the airfield," Inman said.

Meanwhile, photos circulating on social media showed an engine detached from

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