3 d. ago Scrapyard workers recount horrific scene after UPS plane crash destroyed their Kentucky business

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Supervisor Adam Bowman was loading metal onto a truck at a scrapyard just south of the Louisville, Kentucky, airport when he heard what he first thought was a transformer explosion and quickly realized was more horrific. “I turned around and I see over the fence just a huge cloud of black […]

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1 week ago Officials scour charred site of Kentucky UPS plane crash for victims and answers

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The grim task of finding victims from the firestorm that followed the crash of a UPS cargo plane in Louisville, Kentucky, entered a third day Thursday as investigators gather information to determine why the aircraft caught fire and lost an engine on takeoff. The inferno consumed the enormous plane and spread […]

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1 week ago UPS cargo plane crashes and explodes into flames near Louisville airport shortly after takeoff

Video shared by local broadcaster WLKY appears to show the aircraft’s left engine on fire as it tried to lift off

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1 week ago Video could hold major clue into ‘catastrophic’ UPS plane crash that killed 9

The MD-11 aircraft was en route to Honolulu when it went down shortly after takeoff

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1 week ago Massive fireball erupts as UPS plane crashes at Kentucky airport, leaving 7 dead

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded in a massive fireball while taking off from the company’s global aviation hub in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least seven people and injuring 11, authorities said. The plane crashed about 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday as it was departing for Honolulu from UPS Worldport at […]

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1 week ago At least 3 dead, 11 injured after UPS plane crashes in Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded in a massive fireball Tuesday while taking off from the company’s global aviation hub in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least three people and injuring 11 — numbers that were likely to grow, the state’s governor said. The plane crashed about 5:15 p.m. as it was […]

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1 week ago 3 dead, 11 hurt after plane crashes and explodes at Kentucky airport

The plane crashed about 5:15 p.m. as it was departing for Honolulu from Louisville's Muhammad Ali International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

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1 week ago At least 3 dead, 11 injured in UPS plane crash in Kentucky and governor says numbers likely to grow

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A large UPS cargo plane with three people aboard crashed and exploded Tuesday while taking off from an airport in Louisville, Kentucky, leaving at least three people dead and 11 injured. Those numbers are expected to grow, the governor said. The plane crashed about 5:15 p.m. as it was departing for […]

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