US Edition11 dead after engine fell off UPS plane that crashed and exploded in Kentucky
- On Tuesday, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said twelve people are confirmed dead and nine are missing after a UPS plane crash at Muhammad Ali International Airport, Louisville, Kentucky, with victims taken to the Jefferson County Coroner's office.
- After being cleared for takeoff, airport surveillance video shows a large plume of fire near Engine 1 and pieces falling, while the National Transportation Safety Board leads the investigation.
- With 38,000 gallons of fuel on board, UPS Flight 2976 fed flames that burned for hours and left a debris field approximately 1/2 mile in length, striking Grade A Auto Parts and Kentucky Petroleum Recycling.
- Search and rescue teams have located six of the previously missing and continue delayering debris while two remain in critical condition at the University of Louisville Hospital.
- Investigators recovered the Cockpit Voice Recorder and Flight Data Recorder and sent them for analysis, while UPS halted Worldport operations and canceled sort shifts as the FBI assists the NTSB.
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In the chase one of the three engines comes off the fuselage, some of the pieces end up against the other engine that stops working. With only one engine in use the jet has no hope
A thirteenth person died in the accident of a cargo aircraft that crashed on Tuesday's take-off after one of its engines detached at Louisville airport in Kentucky, in the eastern central United States, according to a new record.
After the crash of a cargo aircraft in Louisville in the US state of Kentucky, investigators have now recovered the two flight recorders and mentioned the first findings about the accident (see video above), which cost at least 14 people their lives.The plane crashed on Tuesday afternoon (local time) just after the launch over an industrial area in Louisville and exploded in a huge fireball.The mayor of the city, Craig Greenberg, wrote on platfo…
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