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[Kacho]

A UPS cargo plane crashed Tuesday near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) in Kentucky,killing at least three people and injuring at least 11 others.

UPS Flight 2976 crashed with three crewmembers on board at about 5:14 p.m. ET onto the roof of the Kentucky Petroleum Recycling building after departing from SDF, Gov. Andy Beshear said during a news conference Tuesday evening.

At least two employees at nearby business Grade A Auto Parts are unaccounted for, said Beshear, who called the incident "catastrophic."

At least 3 dead, 11 injured after UPS plane crash near airport in Kentucky | Fox Business

Authorities confirm at 3 people were killed and 11 others injured Tuesday after reports of a UPS plane crash near the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) in Kentucky.

www.foxbusiness.com

 

[Stitch]

Looks like it hit a lot of cars and buildings :/

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

crazy

 

[SatansReverence]

Fully fueled plane on take off is wild.

Engine fire started before lift off clearly but I wonder if they could have known early enough to have aborted take off safely.

 

[HoodWinked]

it doesn't even make sense why the crash zone is that spread out when it exploded during take off.

 

[buttnuggett]

Only 30 miles away, this hits close.

 

[Gp1]

it doesn't even make sense why the crash zone is that spread out when it exploded during take off.

Probably momentum + cargo + fuel

 

[Kacho]

Slow motion footage

 

[Chittagong]

A 34 year old MD-11. It's a bitch to fly and one of the worst safety records for Boeing. Which is quite the feat for the company that brought you the 737 Max.

 

[Northeastmonk]

Headed to Hawaii with that much fuel from Kentucky? Those poor people didn't stand a chance. RIP

 

[Dacvak]

Holy shit, that's haunting footage. I'm thankful it wasn't a passenger plane, but that's still absolutely terrible for the 3 who died, their families, and all of those injured.

It could have been much worse, but this is still tragic and horrifying.

 

[Robot Carnival]

I guess it's lucky that it hit a scrapyard instead of some place where there could be a lot more people, but good lord that looks horrifying. wonder what's the cause of this?

 

[DavidGzz]

Man, idk if I've seen anything worse when it comes to how much area it covered. RIP

 

[AJUMP23]

Crazy footage. Really just awful.

 

[nush]

Probably momentum + cargo + fuel

+ crashing into a petroleum recycling facility.

 

[nush]

Fully fueled plane on take off is wild.

Engine fire started before lift off clearly but I wonder if they could have known early enough to have aborted take off safely.

Once a plane gets to V1 takeoff speed it's better to actually take off and go around for an emergency landing. There's not enough runway left after that to stop. Looking at the helicopter video you can see a large part of the engine cowling on the side of the runway. That plane either hit something or an engine exploded as it was taking off.

 

[Ownage]

 

[Dr. Suchong]

Fucking awful, what the fuck is happening with all these plane crashes lately?

 

[Insane Metal]

Damn that's some horrible footage. The engine was on fire before take off yet the plane kept the "nose" up, were they trying to take off with the engine like that? So weird.

Edit: I mean, there's a lenght to the lane where the plane takes off, probably it had to lift off or directly crash at something ahead. Really sucks.

 

[AJUMP23]

This is unreal


Twitter link

 

[Hookshot]

Nowhere near as loud as I'd of thought unless the dashcam couldn't register how loud it actually was.

 

[GHG]

Yeh there are pictures floating around of what looks like the engine detached from the plane on the runway.

They were doomed from the takeoff roll.

 

[Sticks]

Crazy.

 

[GateofD]

Any posts from people whose packages was in the explosion? Imagining a lot of irate ebay customers. Feels like they neglected some safety checks before takeoff. I seen clips of pilots refusing the plane due to issues.

 

[ssringo]

This is unreal

Jesus, what an insane shot.

 

[Idleyes]

My guess is this is where that truck driver was (Red star) and the aircraft took the red line. (Neither are exact).

 

[Idleyes]

someone shared this one already but i think this video below was here

 

[Zathalus]

How the hell does an engine fall off? I get lapses in maintenance can occur, but really?

 

[GateofD]

How the hell does an engine fall off? I get lapses in maintenance can occur, but really?

Probably didn't pass the checks, but pushed to just proceed. Just like how regular truck drivers are suppose to finish checks in 15 minutes, but actually takes way longer so they just rush thru it and just mark the book.

 

[nush]

How the hell does an engine fall off? I get lapses in maintenance can occur, but really?

It's happened before.

 

[Walliwallipaloo]

+ crashing into a petroleum recycling facility.

Wow, I can't think of a better place for that than the END OF A FUCKING RUNWAY

Peak Kentucky.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[Chittagong]

Fucking hell, the left engine is nowhere to be seen. How on earth do you even lose an engine in a minute and a half?

 

[Derekloffin]

It's happened before.

Yep, several times in fact, although the reasons have varied. Given it failed on take off, signs pointing heavily to maintenance failing.

 

[Trogdor1123]

My god, so sad. Do they have death toll?

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

RIP.

Chilling footage. After watching a couple of aviation channels I have realized how easily this can happen. The slightest mistake or faulty equipment, and you are flying a metal coffin.

 

[newtypepilot]

 

[AJUMP23]

Escaped.

 

[Derekloffin]

My god, so sad. Do they have death toll?

Small favors in it was a UPS cargo flight, so just the flight crew I believe, although might be some ground casualties too.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Damn, the engine just decided it was time to leave.

 

[AJUMP23]

Nose up wheels up no way to abort and the engine just leaves. If he had gotten to a cruising altitude could land with one engine most likely.

 

[Kacho]

That's tragic. Everything was fine until the last moment.

 

[Hookshot]

WTF, how does the engine rip itself off like that?

Never in a million years would I have had "Engine flying away from the plane like a rocket" as the answer to this.

 

[falconhoof]

Anyone know if take off is maximum stress time on an engine? Seems like the time when it's needed to push hardest.

 

[Forsete]

Anyone know if take off is maximum stress time on an engine? Seems like the time when it's needed to push hardest.

Yes it is.

 

[Ishma3L]

I wanna see those maintenance receipts.

 

[ReBurn]

I wanna see those maintenance receipts.

The preliminary report has some.

 

[HAYA8U5A]

So many infuriating people hampering things when there was already so much confusion. Right off the start the idiot that turned right in front of the cop and then took forever to backup had me raging

 

[MaestroMike]