UPS plane crash death toll rises to 13
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The fatal UPS plane crash at Louisville's SDF Airport resulted in at least 12 deaths. NTSB provides information on its investigation.
NTSB member Todd Inman said the UPS plane was going 183 knots at an altitude of 475 feet before crashing south of Louisville's airport.
Federal investigators have successfully extracted data from the cockpit voice and flight data recorders of the United Parcel Service Inc. freighter that crashed in a fireball near the company’s global hub in Kentucky,
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3 Pilots Identified Among 12 Killed In UPS Crash: 'An Incredibly Sad Time for Our Entire UPS Family'
The victims of the UPS plane crash in Louisville, K.Y., on Nov. 4 included the three pilots who were on the aircraft: Capt. Richard Wartenberg, First Officer Lee Truitt and International Relief Officer Capt.
"We will do everything we need to to find out what happened...we've reconstructed entire planes that were in the ocean before," Todd Inman with the NTSB said.
Flight data showed the UPS plane that crashed taking off from Louisville's airport Tuesday was going 210 miles per hour at 475 feet of altitude at the last reading retrieved
A UPS cargo plane's left wing caught fire and an engine fell off just before it crashed and exploded after takeoff from Louisville International Airport in Kentucky, a federal investigator said Wednesday,
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Videos from phones, cars and security cameras captured the tragic final moments of a UPS cargo plane as it caught fire and crashed in a massive explosion just outside Louisville’s airport, killing at least 12 people and carving a path of destruction on the ground.
Investigators say a UPS cargo plane’s engine fell off during takeoff in Louisville, sparking a fire and crash that killed at least 13. The NTSB is investigating.
US investigators have recovered multiple fan blade pieces from the left engine of the UPS Boeing MD-11 Freighter that crashed at Louisville on 5 November.
Investigator Todd Inman says the UPS cargo jet had been in Texas for maintenance six weeks ago as part of ongoing review into its condition.