Airliner accidents and incidents involving in-flight engine separations

American Airlines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago to Los Angeles International Airport. On the afternoon of May 25, 1979, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operating this flight was taking off from then-existing runway 32R at O'Hare International when its left engine detached from the wing, causing a loss of control. The aircraft crashed about 4,600 feet (1,400 m) from the end of runway 32R. All 271 occupants on board were killed on impact, along with two people on the ground. With a total of 273 fatalities, the disaster is the deadliest aviation accident to have occurred in the United States.

plane crash in the Netherlands in 1992

UPS Airlines Flight 2976 was a scheduled domestic cargo flight in the United States from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, to Honolulu, Hawaii. On November 4, 2025, the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 operating the flight suffered a separation of its left engine during its takeoff roll and crashed into an industrial area seconds after liftoff from the runway, at about 5:13 p.m. local time (22:13 UTC). The crash killed all three crew members on board the aircraft, and an additional twelve people on the ground, one of whom succumbed to their injuries on December 25.

1991 aviation accident

1983 aviation incident

1950 plane crash of a TWA Lockheed L-749A Constellation 'The Star of Maryland' near Ityei el Barud, Western Desert, Egypt

1992 aviation accident in France

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Aviation accident – engine failure and fire on take-off, 8 April 1968

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Aviation incident in 1993 (engine separation)

1955 aircraft ditching

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