New images show UPS deadly plane crash
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The fiery crash of a UPS plane shortly after its left engine flew off its wing and sparked a massive fire during takeoff could spell the end of the 109 remaining MD-11 airliners that have been exclusively hauling cargo for more than a decade.
It's been two weeks since UPS Flight 2976 crashed trying to take off from Louisville's airport. Fourteen people, including the three pilots aboard the plane, were killed.
In Louisville Thursday night, the city’s orchestra played a free concert to honor the victims of the UPS plane crash. The crash occurred earlier this month, when 14 people died as a result of a UPS plane going down shortly after take-off at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport.
New images from airport security video shows the UPS plane's left engine detach from the wing moments before the deadly crash.
The jet continued to climb and cleared a fence before its left main landing gear hit the roof of a UPS warehouse beyond the runway at Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport. The plane then crashed in an industrial area beyond the warehouse that included a petroleum recycling facility, the report said.
The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report on the deadly crash of a UPS cargo plane in Louisville, Kentucky, that killed 14 people, including three crew members.
An auto parts shop is fighting towards accountability after a UPS plane crash in Louisville killed three of its employees, and eight of its customers two weeks ago.