Possibly, but this situation is caused by the maintainance contractors lifting the engine using a forklift from underneath instead of a sling from above. The methodology was determined to cause metal fatigue that led to fatal crashes back in the 1970s.
Despite specific prohibition of the technique, the maintainance company was using it.
“ , but this situation is caused by the maintenance contractors lifting the engine using a forklift from underneath instead of a sling from above. ”
The Chicago crash was blamed on maintenance using a forklift. I doubt seriously that a forklift was ever used on the MD11. Everyone in the maintenance industry has been through extensive training focusing on that DC-10 incident. They would have to be idiots to do that again.
However, if some overseas contractors worked on it that could be the case.
Are you saying that the maintenance being performed on the UPS plane in 2025 was using the same technique that caused the 1979 crash? If so, that's big-time criminal, but what is your source for this claim?