9 dead in Louisville UPS plane crash
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UPS has released the names of the crew members on board the plane that crashed at the Louisville Airport.The crew members aboard UPS Flight 2976 were identified as Captain Richard Wartenberg, who is from Independence,
The search for victims entered its third day Thursday after a UPS cargo plane crashed and burst into flames near
The MD-11 that exploded spent much of September and October at ST Engineering at San Antonio International Airport. The company maintains the carrier's fleet.
Video from a business just 500 feet away captured the fiery destruction when a UPS plane crashed after takeoff in Louisville, Kentucky.
LOCATION AND SCALEThe Worldport facility in Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport spans about 5.2 million square feet, or roughly 90 football fields and serves as the global air logistics nerve center for UPS. Handles around 2 million packages per day. The automated sorting system can process up to 420,000 packages/letters per hour.
A UPS cargo flight 2976 crashed around 5:15 ET after it took off from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, Kentucky, en route to Honolulu, Secretary of the US Department of Transportation Sean Duffy said. The aircraft was a McDonnell Douglas MD-11.
The crash near the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport marked the deadliest accident in UPS Airlines history.