US EditionAt least 9 dead, 11 injured in UPS plane crash and explosion at Kentucky airport
- UPS Flight 2976 crashed while departing Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, exploding in a massive fireball near the runway end.
- The UPS Worldport hub in Louisville sorts more than 400,000 packages an hour and employs roughly 25,000 people; officials said the plane had around 38,000 gallons of fuel and three crew members aboard.
- Surveillance and crash video from Kentucky Truck Parts and Service show left-wing fire on the plane as it briefly lifted then skidded off the runway, plowing through Kentucky Petroleum Recycling and Grade A Auto Parts & Recycling.
- Mayor Craig Greenberg said at least nine people are dead, 16 unaccounted for, eleven injured, the shelter-in-place order reduced to a quarter-mile radius, and Jefferson County Public Schools closed.
- The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the probe and deployed 28 people; UPS halted sorting at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport and provided hotline 800-631-0604, while the airport reopened one runway Wednesday.
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At least seven people were killed and eleven injured following the crash of a UPS cargo plane that crashed on Tuesday afternoon near Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, leaving a trail of fire and destruction, local authorities confirmed.
Massive fireball erupts as UPS plane crashes at Kentucky airport, 7 dead
Louisville: First responders prepared to resume looking for victims Wednesday after a UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded in a massive fireball while taking off from the company’s global aviation hub at the airport in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least seven people and injuring 11, authorities said. The plane crashed about 5:15 pm Tuesday as it was departing for Honolulu from UPS Worldport at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. O…
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