Newly released photos show the engine of a UPS cargo plane falling off and bursting into flames shortly after takeoff in a tragic crash that left 14 people dead and 23 injured.

The UPS plane was departing from Louisville, Kentucky, en route to Hawaii before it erupted into a deadly fireball on November 4.

The six photos, released by the National Transportation Safety Board after an investigation into the fatal crash, show the left engine and left pylon separating from the left wing of the plane.

Flames blasted from where the left engine had snapped off, with the plane hitting the ground near the end of the runway, creating plumes of black smoke.

The left engine crashed onto the ground, with a fire igniting near the left pylon attachment to the wing. The fire continued until the MD-11

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