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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Hmmm. IIRC, there was a major plane crash in Chicago circa 1979 that was also a DC-10 where the left engine fell off.
That one was blamed on faulty maintenance as the AA people tried to take a short cut with engine removal and replacement.
I heard that too, but the engine coming off doesn’t look good. The fan section departed from the hot side from the photos I saw but seems mostly intact. It’s early but to me it looks like the engine departed the plane, it doesn’t look like the engine blew up.
How horrible.
The survivors likely had horrible burns.
What a horrible crash.
American Airlines 191. Saw the smoke from west suburban Berwyn about 15 miles from crash site. I saw 15 y/o and not a clue about the tragedy that just happened.
was 15 y/o
Prayers for the victims and their families.
In short, it's a f**king mess here, could use all the prayers we can get.
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