UPS, plane crash
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"Looking at this MD-11 UPS crash , this is some of the most terrifying and sad footages I have seen," Ahmed Baokbah told Newsweek.
The airliner was on final approach from Wichita, Kansas, when the crash happened at about 300 feet altitude. This incident marked the deadliest US air disaster since 2001 and the first major US commercial flight crash in 16 years. In a post on TruthSocial, US President Donald Trump said the situation could have been “prevented”.
Channel 2’s Karyn Greer spoke with ABC aviation analyst John Nance on Wednesday about what federal investigators are looking for in the deadly crash. Nance has been flying since the Vietnam War. “It is probably the worst I have ever heard of in turbojet history,” Nance said about the crash.
The crash near the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport marked the deadliest accident in UPS Airlines history.
The UPS cargo plane crew tried to control the aircraft for about 25 seconds before it crashed into a ball of flames shortly after taking off on Tuesday.
After a UPS plane crashed last week, leaving over 10 people dead, the delivery company and FedEx have decided to ground all MD-11 planes.
Video of the deadly Louisville, Kentucky, crash showed flames on one of the plane's wings and a huge fireball erupting as the aircraft hit the ground.
After one of the worst cargo plane crashes in history, he community is honoring victims of the tragedy – including a grandfather and his three-year-old granddaughter.
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