No people thought unaccounted for as UPS cargo plane crash toll stands at 14, Louisville mayor says
The MD-11 cargo jet crash killed 14 people, including crew and ground victims, prompting FAA to ground all MD-11 cargo planes for inspections and safety reviews.
- A UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky resulted in 14 victims with no one believed to be still unaccounted for, according to the city's mayor Craig Greenberg.
- The FAA ordered McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes to not be flown pending further inspection following the crash, after UPS and FedEx grounded their MD-11 fleets as a precaution.
- The crash caused oil runoff into a waterway known as Northern Ditch, and workers were seen cleaning the spill.
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FAA grounds additional Boeing models for inspection after UPS crash
Federal aviation officials expanded their emergency airworthiness directive to include McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft following the fatal UPS crash in Kentucky.
Cargo and passenger jets fly the same skies, but don’t crash at the same rate
The crash of a UPS plane last week in Louisville, Kentucky, brought renewed attention to a little-noticed issue in the aviation world: cargo aircraft safety. While data is often conflicting, pilots and aviation safety advocates say such planes are more likely to crash than passenger aircraft and need attention for safety upgrades. "There's a number of ways to slice the data," Alan Levin, a freelance aviation safety journalist, told NPR in 2013. …
The UPS parcel company announced on Friday the temporary suspension of flights from its MD-11 cargo fleet, after one of them was involved in a fatal accident in Kentucky this week. A McDonnell Douglas MD-11, heading for Hawaii, crashed on Tuesday shortly after taking off from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. The aircraft exploded in flames as it hit several businesses adjacent to the airport, causing at least 14 deaths. A crew of t…
The MD-11 is considered to be challenging to control because it has to be flown very quickly to the landing. Today the three-beam is only on the way as a cargo plane.
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