No people thought unaccounted for as UPS cargo plane crash toll stands at 14, Louisville mayor says
The FAA grounded all MD-11 cargo planes after a UPS crash killed 14, citing engine detachment risks; MD-11s form 9% of UPS and 4% of FedEx fleets, officials said.
- 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. …
UPS and FedEx air carriers announced the temporary suspension of their flights from MD-11, after an accident with one of these aircraft last week, in the state of Kentucky where 14 people were killed. A car McDonnell Douglas MD-11 from UPS, destined for Hawaii, fell on Wednesday, Day 4, shortly after landing at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. An accident occurred in the United States: Video shows a passenger reaction at the time t…
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