Posted on 11/05/2025 4:36:57 AM PST by V_TWIN
At least seven people were killed and 11 were injured when a UPS plane crashed in a colossal fiery explosion — leaving a long trail of flames and destruction — shortly after taking off from Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport Tuesday evening, according to officials and wild footage.
Four people on the ground were killed and the three people who were onboard the flight are presumed dead, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said. The numbers were expected to grow as emergency crews combed the far-reaching scene for additional victims through the night, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear warned.
UPS Flight 2976, which was carrying three crew members and 50,000 gallons of jet fuel, exploded around 5:15 p.m. just 13 minutes after taking off, according to the Federal Aviation Administration and FlightAware data.
The aircraft, bound for Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, crashed into a petroleum recycling plant roughly three miles south of the airfield and the resulting fire was still raging hours later as over 100 firefighters and emergency personnel swarmed the scene, officials said.
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Seriously, who writes this stuff? It wasn't even 13 seconds. It left an engine on the airfield.
I’m glad I don’t have much
on order from Amazon right now.
I live in Hawaii.
I’m glad I don’t have much
on order from Amazon right now.
I live in Hawaii.
Maybe they would have had better luck if the airport was named Cassius Clay!
Yeah, and more like 34K gallons of Jet-A not 50K. (220,000 lbs.)(pounds is how they measure jet fuel). Mass media is notoriously bad at factual aircraft and firearm reporting.
They have been involved with a union dispute. People are blaming union for 48k workers laid off. Teamsters say they are keeping a close eye on investigation.
I don’t know if this is a different plane crash
https://x.com/TomWill61487260/status/1985923347574911039
I'm rejoicing to know my friend who pilots that UPS route was not working last night. Amen.
Same crash...this version includes the truck drivers’ reaction (video is from his dash cam):
https://x.com/sentdefender/status/1985976816071516302
Same crash
Yikes!!
Despicable comment.
Yeah, pretty calous. SMH
Only Near-Miss I ever had was on a commuter flight taking off from that airport.
My prediction is there will be a bunch of AP technicians with targets on their backs.
I read this A/C just got out of C check
That video shows the left wing was burning away before impact. The starboard wing, still intact, was generating lift and tipped the plane on its side as it crashed. With the port wing basically gone, there was nothing to counter the lift and the pilot couldn't belly in.
It appears the crew had a few brief moments where, if the crew was aware of the fire, they could have aborted the takeoff even if it meant overshooting the runway.
Down goes UPS down goes UPS.... too soon ?
wow how bad was it ?
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