7 dead in Louisville UPS plane crash
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Determining the cause of the crash will be part of an already-in-progress National Transportation Safety Board investigation.
UPS Flight 2976 crashed around 5:15 p.m. local time on Tuesday, Nov. 4, after departing from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky. The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 was headed to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu. The FAA and NTSB will investigate. The NTSB will lead the investigation and will provide all updates.
Federal safety investigators have located the “black box” recorders from the wreckage of a Hawaii-bound UPS cargo plane that crashed in flames on takeoff from the airport at Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least 11 people,
A UPS MD-11 plane crashed shortly after take-off near the Louisville, Kentucky, airport, according to preliminary information, a source says.
"Looking at this MD-11 UPS crash , this is some of the most terrifying and sad footages I have seen," Ahmed Baokbah told Newsweek.
LOUISVILLE, KY (HawaiiNewsNow) - Some Kentucky residents have been finding debris with Hawaii mailing addresses after a Honolulu-bound UPS plane crashed during takeoff Wednesday. Kentucky officials are urging the public not to touch any debris from the crash. Instead, a website has been created for people to report found mail.
As the sun set and businesses started to close in Louisville, Kentucky, on Tuesday, the evening calm was suddenly shattered by a giant explosion near the city’s airport.
The crash and explosion, which killed at least 9 people and injured several others, caused plumes of smoke visible across much of Louisville.
UPS Flight 2976 crashed around 5:15 p.m. local time on Tuesday, Nov. 4, after departing from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky. The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 was headed to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu. The FAA and NTSB will investigate. The NTSB will lead the investigation and will provide all updates.
Louisville’s governor said there were three crew members on board the UPS cargo plane headed for Hawaii. It crashed shortly after taking off, just three miles south of the airport, around 5:15 p.m. Eastern time.
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