PieFedA UPS cargo flight (UPS2976), a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, crashed at Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, KY.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c201kgq59qgt
Fires are still burning after a UPS cargo plane crashed during takeoff at Louisville International Airport in Kentucky
Three deaths have been confirmed so far but local officials expect that number to grow
At least 11 people are being treated for injuries and others are missing - people living nearby have been told to seek shelter
The aircraft was carrying around 38,000 gallons of fuel when it exploded, with flames engulfing nearby businesses
UPS says three crew members were on board - all are still unaccounted for
Flight 2976, which was bound for Hawaii, crashed at around 17:15 local time, the US Federal Aviation Administration says
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Rumor is floating around they took a two hour maintenance delay for the left engine prior to this.
All three pilots dead.
AmbiguousPropsHere’s the full footage from your second video, crash around 28s (not a camera screen recording, this one has sound. Intense video warning): https://files.catbox.moe/vnyrqj.mp4
This sucks. At the speed in which we receive information, the family could see the wreck before getting a phone call.
Don’t think anybody walked away from that one. 😥
3 dead, 11 injured. 3 pilots on the plane, which they haven’t confirmed dead but…
Grapevine says three pilots, all dead. Not sure if that is the three or if three on the ground died as well.
Full footage of the second video in the post, raw footage (not a camera recording of a screen, this one has sound, very intense), crash around 28s: https://files.catbox.moe/vnyrqj.mp4
That does seem like the appropriate reaction
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Horrible. Wonder what happened there. Plane seems to be already burning on takeoff?
Apparently left engine fell off during TO. (Just rumours at the mo I dont have a shareable source)
Edit:
TIL about Aviation Herald
Has this image come from a credible source yet? No shade on you Reirose, just this day and age it pays to be skeptical. I have seen it several times, but the source is never available.
If this image is real, then this accident could very well be another AA191. There is a lot of talk about an uncontained engine failure, but I don’t really see how that would cause an engine separation.
No. Just an aviation groupchat and this online community. There was talk of a mx delay beforehand due to work on the left engine then this unverified pic. I got nothing but speculation for you im afraid.
The NTSB actually showed that same photo in their briefing this afternoon… Also watching the close up videos of the crash does show the port engine missing on the wing. So I think it’s a real photo.
The plane was also wings level until the tail hits, which I find interesting.
Oh wow, those poor pilots. Was the maintenance rumour true too?
In the NTSB conference yesterday, the spokesman stated that UPS had NOT delayed the flight for maintenance.
At this point, it’s time to just wait until the preliminary report comes out.
About the only things that we have evidence for are:
#1 engine departed the air frame at or above V1. The reason why the engine departed is unknown at this point.
#2 engine experienced compressor stalls above V1. The plane had only one fully functional engine. Being fully loaded there was no way it could fly. There is video evidence of the compressor stalls in the video posted by OP. The reason for the compressor stalls are unknown, but there is ample evidence of the engine ingesting smoke and debris from departing #1 engine.
The plane was wings level or nearly so until the tail hit. After that Newton took control. Which is some damn fine piloting.
Anything outside of the above is speculation at this point.
Is this another AA191? There isn’t enough evidence yet. Video is too grainy to asses the condition of the flight surfaces, or at least the videos I have seen. The reason for the #1 engine departing is unknown. AA191 was due to an unapproved maintenance procedure, but those lessons were learned long ago…. At least I hope so.
We are at the “wait and see” stage. Time to let the NTSB do their jobs.
Captain Steeeve made video about this crash. This man does a wonderful job explaining these things in the most respectful and objective way possible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4q2ORhIQQc
Sorry for the YT link.