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  • Christian missionary father and daughter died when plane bound for Jamaica crashed in Florida

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    A Christian missionary father and his daughter were killed when a small plane bound for a hurricane relief mission in Jamaica crashed in a South Florida neighborhood.Christian ministry organization Ignite the Fire identified the two victims of the Monday morning crash as the group’s founder, Alexander Wurm, 53, and his daughter Serena Wurm, 22.The pair were bringing humanitarian aid to Jamaica, according to the organization, when the Beechcraft King Air plane they were flying in crashed into a pond in a residential area of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs, narrowly missing homes. As of Tuesday morning, investigators had not reported any other victims. In recent weeks, Alexander Wurm had helped deliver medical supplies, water filters and StarLink satellite internet equipment to Jamaica for the relief organization Crisis Response International, according to a video statement the group posted online. “He really made a difference in the lives of the people on the ground by getting the resources in that he did. He saved lives and he gave his life,” Crisis Response International founder Sean Malone added. According to Federal Aviation Administration records, the plane was manufactured in 1976 and its registered owner is listed as International Air Services, a company that markets itself as specializing in providing trust agreements to non-U.S. citizens that enable them to register their aircraft with the FAA. A person who answered the company’s phone Monday afternoon declined to answer questions from a reporter, stating “no comment” and ending the phone call.Posts by Alexander Wurm on social media in recent days suggested the evangelist had recently acquired the plane to further his missionary work across the Caribbean, describing the aircraft as “an older King Air with brand new engines,” and “perfect” to ferry deliveries of generators, batteries and building materials to Jamaica. Photos and videos on social media show Wurm posing for a picture in the plane’s cockpit and unloading boxes of supplies from the packed aircraft with teams of volunteers.The flight tracking website FlightAware shows the plane made four other trips to or from Jamaica in the past week, traveling between George Town in the Cayman Islands and Montego Bay and Negril in Jamaica, before landing in Fort Lauderdale on Friday. A powerful Category 5 storm, Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Oct. 28 and tied for the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane in history. The storm also caused devastation in Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic and prompted relief organizations to mobilize.

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    A Christian missionary father and his daughter were killed when a small plane bound for a hurricane relief mission in Jamaica crashed in a South Florida neighborhood.

    Christian ministry organization Ignite the Fire identified the two victims of the Monday morning crash as the group’s founder, Alexander Wurm, 53, and his daughter Serena Wurm, 22.

    The pair were bringing humanitarian aid to Jamaica, according to the organization, when the Beechcraft King Air plane they were flying in crashed into a pond in a residential area of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs, narrowly missing homes. As of Tuesday morning, investigators had not reported any other victims.

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    In recent weeks, Alexander Wurm had helped deliver medical supplies, water filters and StarLink satellite internet equipment to Jamaica for the relief organization Crisis Response International, according to a video statement the group posted online.

    “He really made a difference in the lives of the people on the ground by getting the resources in that he did. He saved lives and he gave his life,” Crisis Response International founder Sean Malone added.

    According to Federal Aviation Administration records, the plane was manufactured in 1976 and its registered owner is listed as International Air Services, a company that markets itself as specializing in providing trust agreements to non-U.S. citizens that enable them to register their aircraft with the FAA. A person who answered the company’s phone Monday afternoon declined to answer questions from a reporter, stating “no comment” and ending the phone call.

    Posts by Alexander Wurm on social media in recent days suggested the evangelist had recently acquired the plane to further his missionary work across the Caribbean, describing the aircraft as “an older King Air with brand new engines,” and “perfect” to ferry deliveries of generators, batteries and building materials to Jamaica.

    Photos and videos on social media show Wurm posing for a picture in the plane’s cockpit and unloading boxes of supplies from the packed aircraft with teams of volunteers.

    The flight tracking website FlightAware shows the plane made four other trips to or from Jamaica in the past week, traveling between George Town in the Cayman Islands and Montego Bay and Negril in Jamaica, before landing in Fort Lauderdale on Friday.

    A powerful Category 5 storm, Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Oct. 28 and tied for the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane in history. The storm also caused devastation in Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic and prompted relief organizations to mobilize.

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  • UPS and FedEx grounding MD-11 planes following deadly Kentucky crash

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    LOUISVILLE, Ky. — UPS and FedEx said they are grounding their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes “out of an abundance of caution” following a deadly crash at the UPS global aviation hub in Kentucky.

    The crash Tuesday at UPS Worldport in Louisville killed 14 people, including the three pilots on the MD-11 that was headed for Honolulu.

    MD-11 aircrafts make up about 9% of of the UPS airline fleet and 4% of the FedEx fleet, the companies said.

    “We made this decision proactively at the recommendation of the aircraft manufacturer,” a UPS statement said late Friday. “Nothing is more important to us than the safety of our employees and the communities we serve.”

    FedEx said in an email that it will be grounding the aircrafts while it conducts “a thorough safety review based on the recommendation of the manufacturer.”

    Boeing, which merged with McDonnell Douglas in 1997, did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press asking the reasoning behind the recommendation.

    Western Global Airlines is the only other U.S. cargo airline that flies MD-11s, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium. The airline has 16 MD-11s in its fleet but 12 of them have already been put in storage. The company did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment outside of business hours early Saturday.

    Boeing announced in 1998 that it would be phasing out its MD-11 jetliner production, with final deliveries due in 2000.

    The UPS cargo plane, built in 1991, was nearly airborne Tuesday when a bell sounded in the cockpit, National Transportation Safety Board member Todd Inman said earlier Friday. For the next 25 seconds, the bell rang and the pilots tried to control the aircraft as it barely lifted off the runway, its left wing ablaze and missing an engine, and then plowed into the ground in a spectacular fireball.

    The cockpit voice recorder captured the bell, which sounded about 37 seconds after the crew called for takeoff thrust, Inman said. There are different types of alarms with varying meanings, he said, and investigators haven’t determined why the bell rang, though they know the left wing was burning and the engine on that side had detached.

    Inman said it would be months before a transcript of the cockpit recording is made public as part of that investigation process.

    Jeff Guzzetti, a former federal crash investigator, said the bell likely was signaling the engine fire.

    “It occurred at a point in the takeoff where they were likely past their decision speed to abort the takeoff,” Guzzetti told The Associated Press after Inman’s news conference. “They were likely past their critical decision speed to remain on the runway and stop safely. … They’ll need to thoroughly investigate the options the crew may or may not have had.”

    Dramatic video captured the aircraft crashing into businesses and erupting in a fireball. Footage from phones, cars and security cameras has given investigators evidence of what happened from many different angles.

    Flight records suggest the UPS MD-11 that crashed underwent maintenance while it was on the ground in San Antonio for more than a month until mid-October. It is not clear what work was done.

    The UPS package handling facility in Louisville is the company’s largest. The hub employs more than 20,000 people in the region, handles 300 flights daily and sorts more than 400,000 packages an hour.

    UPS Worldport operations resumed Wednesday night with its Next Day Air, or night sort, operation, spokesperson Jim Mayer said.

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  • UPS and FedEx ground MD-11 planes after deadly Kentucky crash

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    UPS and FedEx said they are grounding their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes “out of an abundance of caution” following a deadly crash at the UPS global aviation hub in Kentucky.

    The crash Tuesday at UPS Worldport in Louisville killed 14 people, including the three pilots on the MD-11 that was headed for Honolulu. National Transportation Safety Board official Todd Inman said Thursday that the crashed plane was a 1991 McDonnell Douglas 2 that had been “altered” into a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Freighter.

    MD-11 aircrafts make up about 9% of of the UPS airline fleet and 4% of the FedEx fleet, the companies said.

    “We made this decision proactively at the recommendation of the aircraft manufacturer,” a UPS statement said late Friday. “Nothing is more important to us than the safety of our employees and the communities we serve.”

    FedEx said in an email that it will be grounding the aircrafts while it conducts “a thorough safety review based on the recommendation of the manufacturer.” 

    Boeing, which merged with McDonnell Douglas in 1997, did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press asking the reasoning behind the recommendation. Inman said Thursday that the crashed plane was currently being “handled” by Boeing. 

    Flight records suggest the UPS MD-11 that crashed underwent maintenance while it was on the ground in San Antonio, Texas for more than a month until mid-October. It is not clear what work was done.

    Western Global Airlines is the only other U.S. cargo airline that flies MD-11s, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium. The airline has 16 MD-11s in its fleet but 12 of them have already been put in storage. The company did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment outside of business hours early Saturday.

    Boeing announced in 1998 that it would be phasing out its MD-11 jetliner production, with final deliveries due in 2000.

    The UPS cargo plane was nearly airborne Tuesday when a bell sounded in the cockpit, Inman said during a briefing Friday. For the next 25 seconds, the bell rang and the pilots tried to control the aircraft as it barely lifted off the runway, its left wing ablaze and missing an engine, and then plowed into the ground in a spectacular fireball. The plane was carrying about 255,000 pounds of jet fuel, as well as up to 20,000 packages. 

    The cockpit voice recorder captured the bell, which sounded about 37 seconds after the crew called for takeoff thrust, Inman said. There are different types of alarms with varying meanings, he said, and investigators haven’t determined why the bell rang, though they know the left wing was burning and the engine on that side had detached.

    Inman said it would be months before a transcript of the cockpit recording is made public as part of that investigation process.

    Jeff Guzzetti, a former federal crash investigator, said the bell likely was signaling the engine fire.

    “It occurred at a point in the takeoff where they were likely past their decision speed to abort the takeoff,” Guzzetti told The Associated Press after Inman’s news conference. “They were likely past their critical decision speed to remain on the runway and stop safely. … They’ll need to thoroughly investigate the options the crew may or may not have had.”

    Dramatic video captured the aircraft crashing into businesses and erupting in a fireball. Footage from phones, cars and security cameras has given investigators evidence of what happened from many different angles. Witnesses recalled chaos on the ground. 

    “It was explosion after explosion after explosion, so you just didn’t know when it was going to stop,” Georgie Dow, the chief financial officer of an auto parts business that was struck by the plane, told CBS News. “It was so hot … You took a step back because it was like heat in your face. There was no going to help.”

    The UPS package handling facility in Louisville is the company’s largest. The hub employs more than 20,000 people in the region, handles 300 flights daily and sorts more than 400,000 packages an hour.

    UPS Worldport operations resumed Wednesday night with its Next Day Air, or night sort, operation, spokesperson Jim Mayer said.

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  • Bell sounded in cockpit as UPS cargo plane crashed after takeoff, NTSB says

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    A repeating bell sounded in the cockpit for 25 seconds as pilots tried to control a UPS cargo plane that caught fire, had an engine fall off and crashed during takeoff this week in Louisville, Kentucky, a National Transportation Safety Board member said Friday. The crash killed at least 14 people, including the three pilots on board. 

    The cockpit voice recorder captured a persistent bell that began about 37 seconds after the crew called for takeoff thrust, and the bell continued until the recording ended, which investigators believe was the final point of impact, NTSB member Todd Inman said.  

    Inman said there could be different types of alarms with varying meanings, but investigators know there was a fire in the plane’s left wing and will use flight data to help determine a clearer picture of what happened.

    The NTSB is leading the investigation. Inman said it would be months before the transcript of the cockpit recording is made public as part of that investigation process.  

    Jeff Guzzetti, a former federal crash investigator, told The Associated Press the bell likely was signaling the engine fire.

    “It occurred at a point in the takeoff where they were likely past their decision speed to abort the takeoff,” Guzzetti told The AP after Inman’s news conference Friday. “They were likely past their critical decision speed to remain on the runway and stop safely. … They’ll need to thoroughly investigate the options the crew may or may not have had.”

    This photo provided by the National Transportation Safety Board shows the UPS plane crash scene on Nov. 6, 2025 in Louisville, Kentucky. 

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    The crash happened Tuesday at UPS Worldport, the company’s global aviation hub in Louisville. Dramatic video captured the aircraft crashing into businesses and erupting in a fireball. Footage from phones, cars and security cameras has given investigators visual evidence of what happened from many different angles.

    Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg reported Friday evening on social media that another body was found at the crash site, bringing the “total number of known fatalities” to at least 14. 

    UPS on Thursday identified the three pilots who were on board the plane as Capt. Richard Wartenberg, First Officer Lee Truitt and International Relief Officer Capt. Dana Diamond. 

    Bob Travis, president of the Independent Pilots Association, which represented the crew on the UPS flight, told CBS News on Friday that he knew two of the pilots personally. “These were highly trained professionals,” Travis said. “…You’re not flying a wide-body aircraft around the world for UPS unless you have a lot of experience.”

    Travis said his organization is working with NTSB investigators, but says he has no doubt the crew did everything they could to prevent this outcome. “Our training is robust,” Travis said. “Repeatedly, you are facing what it’s like to fly the aircraft if you’re missing an engine, or in some cases, two. As we witnessed on the video there, to me looked instantaneous, and it looked catastrophic.”

    Travis said it’s his “belief” that, given the circumstances, there was not much the pilots could have done.

    “That’s my belief,” Travis said. “It looked like a pretty, pretty hard situation to overcome.”

    CBS News has learned that among those killed in the crash was Louisnes Fedon and his 3-year-old granddaughter, Kimberly Asa.

    Matt Sweets, a father of two, was pulled out of the wreckage, but later died at a hospital, CBS News learned.

    Angie Anderso, 45, is among nine people still missing, CBS News also learned. Friends believe she was at a scrap metal recycling facility when the plane crashed into it.

    Travis said the union will continue to stand with the survivors and victims’ families.

    “They were in the wrong place at the wrong time,” Travis told CBS News. “…And our hearts bleed for them, just like our hearts bleed for the pilots.”

    Tom Hanson

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  • Man says he was trapped by fire surrounding auto shop after UPS plane crash

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    The UPS plane crash near the Louisville airport in Kentucky sent people running for their lives, but one man says he was trapped in his truck repair shop. Videos he took with his phone shows the business surrounded by flames. Tom Hanson has the latest.

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  • Louisville UPS plane crash claims 12 lives; fuel and debris pose ongoing hazards

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    National Transportation Safety Board officials released more information about what happened during the devastating UPS plane crash on Tuesday evening in Louisville, Kentucky.

    NTSB member Todd Inman said the left engine detached from the plane “during the takeoff roll.”

    Inman confirmed the plane’s black box was recovered on Wednesday afternoon. It will now be sent to Washington, D.C. for further analysis.

    As of Wednesday evening, there are 12 confirmed deaths from the crash.

    Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear stated the rescue mission is now shifting to recovery.

    Okolona Fire Chief Mike Little stated debris from the plane,
    including the landing gear, is scattered across a half mile.

    The UPS plane was headed from Louisville to Honolulu, Hawaii, and is reported to have been carrying approximately 38,000 gallons of fuel at
    the time of the crash.

    Sarav Arunachalam, deputy director of the UNC Institute for
    the Environment, told WRAL News that the amount of fuel can pose big risks to nearby
    residents and responders.

    “Fuel is the fuel for fire,” Arunachalam said. “If you think
    about our car refills, we fill about them about 15-20 gallons per fill up
    depending on your car. You’re looking at about 2,000-3,000 cars in terms of the
    amount of fuel we had.”

    He continued, “When you have this explode, what you have is immediate
    combustion of the gasoline, which leads to multiple downstream products. You
    have the gasoline mixing with the air, which produces nitrogen oxide – soot –
    which is one of the main concerns we have.”

    The UPS plane crashed just south of the airport. The area is
    largely industrial.

    Beshear confirmed the plane struck a petroleum recycling
    center, causing oil from the business to spill into a nearby waterway.

    Residents close to the crash site are advised not to drink
    tap water for the time being.

    “Given that the plane exploded, you have a lot of other
    materials besides the gasoline itself in terms of the other parts of the plane
    that are burning,” Arunachalam said. “You may have a lot of toxic metals and
    toxic gases coming out from here.”

    Watch news conference: NTSB to start investigation into UPS plane crash

    River Metals Recycling, Kentucky’s largest scrap metal recycler,
    has a center located near the crash site.

    “Given that it’s scrap recycling, they have a lot of various
    kinds of materials we don’t want like household electronics, vehicular,” Arunachalam
    explained. “If any of that scrap metal area is burning, we have a bigger
    problem.”

    Little stated that the debris field is so large that fire and
    rescue crews still haven’t been able to reach certain parts of it.

    A shelter-in-place order originally extended for 5 miles
    around the crash site has been reduced to half a mile s as of Wednesday morning.

    The University of Louisville, which is about two miles from
    the crash site, is hosting the ACC Field Hockey Championships this week. Duke and UNC’s game was postponed to 11 a.m. Thursday after the crash.

    An ACC representative told WRAL News they are working with local meteorologists
    and analyzing air quality index data to confirm conditions remain safe for
    athletes to play.

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  • UPS plane engine fell off during crash in Louisville, NTSB official says

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    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, offering the first official details about a disaster that killed at least 11 people, including three on board.  

    There was a fire in the plane’s left wing and the engine “detached” during takeoff on Tuesday, said Todd Inman, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation. 

    “There are a lot of different parts of this airplane in a lot of different places,” Inman said during a news conference, describing a debris field that stretched for a half-mile.

    The plane with three people on board crashed about 5:15 p.m. ET on Tuesday as it was departing for Honolulu from UPS Worldport at Louisville International. Video showed flames on the plane’s left wing and a trail of smoke. 

    “The plane lifted off and gained enough altitude to clear the fence at the end of Runway 17R. Shortly after clearing that fence, it made impact with structures and the terrain off of the airport property,” Inman said.

    Inman said the plane’s black boxes — the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder — were recovered by NTSB investigators on Wednesday afternoon. 

    He said the black box “suffered some heat around it, not intrusion,” but added that “the recorders are built for that.”  

    Todd Inman, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board, and Chihoon Shin, NTSB lead crash investigator, speak during a press conference at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Nov. 5, 2025, in Louisville, Kentucky. 

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    “We feel comfortable, once we get these to our lab in D.C., that we will be able to get a good readout of the applicable data,” Inman said. “And that will be yet another point of information that will really help us understand what happened during this point of flight.”

    Inman said the crashed plane was a 1991 McDonnell Douglas 2 that was “altered” into a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Freighter. He disclosed that the plane was currently being “handled” by aircraft manufacturing giant Boeing, which merged with McDonnell Douglas in 1997.

    “So whenever you hear that Boeing is a party, it is because of the merger with McDonnell Douglas many years ago,” Inman said. 

    Inman said about 28 NTSB investigators would be on the ground investigating the cause of the crash. 

    The crash had a ripple effect, striking and causing smaller explosions at Kentucky Petroleum Recycling and hitting an auto salvage yard, Grade A Auto Parts, though it could have been worse, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Wednesday during an earlier news conference.

    “Thankfully, a local restaurant that is right there … was missed and now is helping the search and rescue,” Beshear said. “Another blessing is this plane could have potentially hit the major Ford factory or the convention center, those are all close by, and did not.”

    The death toll from the crash was at 11 but was expected to rise to 12 by the end of the day, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said in a social media post Wednesday afternoon. 

    Based on videos of the crash, aviation attorney Pablo Rojas told The Associated Press the aircraft appeared to be struggling to gain altitude as a fire blazed on its left side around one of its engines.

    “Really, the plane itself is almost acting like a bomb because of the amount of fuel,” he said.

    Flight records show the plane was on the ground in San Antonio from Sept. 3 to Oct. 18. Jeff Guzzetti, a former federal crash investigator, told AP it’s too early to know whether the problem was in the engine, the structure that holds the engine or something else.

    “This airplane apparently did undergo heavy maintenance within the past month, and investigators will need to comb through the maintenance records to see exactly what was done,” he said.

    The MD-11F is powered by General Electric CF6-80C2D1F engines. The CF6 family of engines has been linked to a few high-profile airline accidents. 

    In 2016, American Airlines Flight 383, a Boeing 767, experienced an uncontained engine failure and fire during takeoff in Chicago with a different version of the CF6 engine, and 21 people were injured during the ensuing evacuation. The right engine suffered a sudden rupture of its stage-two disk, and the disk separated into two pieces, the smaller of which pierced the wing’s fuel tank and then flew nearly 3,000 feet, falling through the roof of a UPS facility and coming to rest on the building’s floor. No one was injured in the UPS building. At the time, the FAA ordered engine inspections.

    And in 1989, a CF6-6 engine caused United Airlines Flight 232, a DC-10, to crash land in Sioux City, Iowa. A CF6-6 fan disk separated from the engine and damaged all three hydraulic systems. The DC-10 flew with no hydraulic power until it crash-landed at the airport. Of the 296 people aboard, 112 died and 184 survived.  

    Kris Van Cleave

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  • Video of UPS plane crash in Louisville provides clues as investigators try to determine cause of disaster

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    Investigators searching for what caused Tuesday’s deadly UPS plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, will be reviewing dramatic video footage from the scene.

    The footage appears to show the area of the left wing where one of the plane’s engines would be located on fire as the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 raced down the runway toward disaster. Officials said at least nine people were killed in the crash and the death toll was expected to rise.

    Moments later, as the plane with three crew members on board seems to try to take off, some flames appear to shoot from the engine located in the tail of the plane.

    An image capture of video footage distributed by the Associated Press shows flames appearing to come from the left wing of a UPS plane before it crashed in Louisville, Kentucky, Nov. 4, 2025.

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    Still images and aerial video footage appear to show the plane’s left engine sitting just off the runway, meaning it separated from the plane during the incident. It is possible that debris from the separation was sucked into the tail engine.

    Federal authorities investigating the crash are expected to prioritize securing the left engine as well as locating the cockpit voice and data recorders from the wreckage as they work to determine what caused the catastrophe.

    With one engine gone and a second engine potentially either damaged or not functioning properly, it is unlikely the plane — loaded down with fuel and packages — could generate sufficient lift to take off.

    The MD-11 was designed to be able to take off without one engine, but losing two engines while approaching 200 mph and running out of runway to stop would have given the pilots a seemingly impossible situation to try to work through.

    Also, having an engine fall off the plane would alter the weight and balance of the aircraft, likely making it harder to maintain stable flight — assuming the wing itself wasn’t damaged during the fire and apparent engine separation.

    The plane would have been carrying up to 20,000 packages and roughly 255,000 pounds of jet fuel for its flight of eight and a half hours to Honolulu.

    Firefighters are seen in aerial footage battling a massive blaze after a plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, Nov. 4, 2025.

    Firefighters are seen in aerial footage battling a massive blaze after a plane crash in Louisville, Kentucky, Nov. 4, 2025.

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    The crucial voice and data recorders, the so-called black boxes, are located in the tail section of the MD-11 because typically that’s the most survivable section in a crash. Once recovered, they will be secured and rushed back to the National Transportation Safety Board lab in Washington, D.C., for examination.

    The black boxes, which are actually bright orange to make them easier to spot, have a shell that’s made of hardened titanium or stainless steel with internal insulation to survive temperatures up to about 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit for at least one hour.

    Jet fuel burns between 800 degrees and 1,200 degrees, but the plane came down in an industrial park, and materials there could have made the massive blaze burn hotter. The fire also burned for more than an hour, putting the condition of the black boxes in question. The NTSB has a good track record of recovering data even from badly damaged data and voice recorders.

    The data recorder, if intact, should give investigators a sense of how the 34-year-old converted airliner was operating in the moments leading up to the crash. The voice recorder should reveal what the pilots heard and said during the doomed takeoff.

    Kathryn Krupnik

    contributed to this report.

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  • Fiery Kentucky plane crash leaves at least 9 dead, trail of destruction

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    Fiery Kentucky plane crash leaves at least 9 dead, trail of destruction

    OUT THE WINDOW. RIGHT NOW, AT 11, A DEADLY PLANE CRASH AND EXPLOSION NEAR THE LOUISVILLE AIRPORT HAS LEFT SEVEN PEOPLE DEAD AND NEARLY A DOZEN INJURED. THERE’S STILL A SHELTER IN PLACE A MILE AROUND THE AIRPORT. TONIGHT. OUR TEAMS HAVE BEEN SPREAD OUT AROUND THE LOUISVILLE AIRPORT ALL NIGHT LONG. THEY’VE HEARD FROM FAMILIES AS WELL AS CITY AND STATE LEADERS, AND THEY WORK OUT WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED. WE’LL CHECK IN WITH THEM IN JUST A MOMENT. VICKY IS ALSO LIVE AT THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY TONIGHT. AND VICKY, THIS HAS BEEN A HORRIFIC COUPLE OF HOURS IN LOUISVILLE. OH, IT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN. RICK. TRAGIC, HEARTBREAKING NEWS TONIGHT. OUR COMMUNITY MOURNS THE LOSS OF AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE AND AT LEAST 11 OTHERS INJURED. ALL OF OUR HEARTS AT WLKY GO OUT TO THE VICTIMS, THEIR LOVED ONES AND FAMILIES. I AM STANDING OUTSIDE THE DEPARTURE AREA HERE AT THE AIRPORT. I RIGHT BEHIND ME IS RUNWAY 17, RIGHT? YOU CAN SEE IT OFF IN THE DISTANCE. THE FLAMES ARE STILL GLOWING OUT THERE. WE’RE WATCHING THE FIRST RESPONDERS. YOU SEE THEIR LIGHTS OUT THERE BEHIND ME. THIS IS WHERE FLIGHT 2976 WAS LEAVING LOUISVILLE. IT WAS DEPARTING FOR HONOLULU. IT’S A UPS FLIGHT. THERE WERE THREE CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD AS THE PLANE STARTED ROLLING DOWN THE RUNWAY. IT APPEARS BY THE VIDEO THAT THE LEFT ENGINE BURST INTO FLAME, WERE SET ON FIRE, AND THEN THE PLANE BURST INTO FLAME. WE WERE TOLD THREE CREW MEMBERS WERE ON BOARD. THE PLANE WAS FULL OF FUEL AND THAT WAS PART OF THE IMPACT. TWO BUSINESSES WERE DIRECTLY HIT. THEY ARE THE KENTUCKY PETROLEUM AND GRADE A AUTO PARTS. THE CRASH, OF COURSE, HAS LEFT MANY PEOPLE HERE WORRIED. THE MAYOR IS. EXCUSE ME, THE MAYOR HAS JUST WALKED UP. WE’RE GOING TO GET HIM ON HERE. MAYOR GREENBERG, IF YOU WOULD COME ON IN NOW, WE WILL TALK TO YOU. YOU UPDATED THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE EARLIER. WHAT IS THE LATEST UPDATE NOW? THE LATEST IS WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, VICKY. WITH THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS THAT WE HAVE, I’M GOING TO HEAD RIGHT FROM HERE TO GO TO THE FAMILY REUNIFICATION CENTER TO SPEAK WITH FAMILIES THAT HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR LOVED ONES RIGHT NOW, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO SUPPORT THEM IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE, THAT WE CAN. ANY UPDATE YOU CAN GIVE US ABOUT THOSE FAMILIES ARE THE ARE THE IS IT PACKED? THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE REPORTING THERE. YEAH. I’M GOING TO HOLD OFF ON GIVING NUMBERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT UNTIL I GET THERE. OKAY. FIRST RESPONDERS STILL ON THE SCENE. YOU CAN SEE THE LIGHTS BEHIND US. THE THE FIRST RESPONDERS ARE DEFINITELY STILL ON THE SCENE. THE FLAMES HAVE COME DOWN. THE FIRES ARE UNDER CONTROL RIGHT NOW. AND SO THEY’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO START ALL THE SEARCH OPERATIONS THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO DO INITIALLY, JUST BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE FLAME. YOU LOOK AT THE DEBRIS FIELD, YOU SEE SOME OF YOU I’M SURE YOUR VIEWERS HAVE SEEN THOSE OVERHEAD SHOTS. WE’RE FORTUNATE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE’S NOT EVEN MORE WE KNOW ABOUT. I’M CONCERNED THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE MORE VICTIMS THAT WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT YET. I DON’T KNOW THAT’S THE CASE, BUT I’M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, SEEING HOW BIG IT IS. SO WE’LL WE’LL STAND BY AND WE’LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION THROUGH THE NIGHT OR FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. IT’S GOING TO BE A LONG NIGHT, A LONG COUPLE OF DAYS. IT IS. AND YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, I HOPE EVERYONE JUST CONTINUES TO KEEP THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS, THE VICTIMS THAT ARE RECOVERING AT U OF L HEALTH. EVERYONE IN THE UPS FAMILY IN THEIR IN THEIR THOUGHTS. AND AS YOU STATED, EVERYONE’S IN OUR HEARTS TONIGHT AND YOU SAID LOUISVILLIANS ARE VERY RESILIENT. WE ARE INDEED. WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER. WE KNOW PEOPLE WANT A LOT OF ANSWERS, AND WE’RE GOING TO GET PEOPLE ANSWERS AS QUICK AS WE CAN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US AGAIN TONIGHT. YES. THANKS, VICKY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE’RE GETTING A LOT OF UPDATES NOW FROM CITY STATE OFFICIALS AND AIRPORT OFFICIALS. NORMAN SEAWRIGHT IS STANDING BY LIVE. HE IS HERE AT THE AIRPORT ALSO. NORMAN, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM AIRPORT OFFICIALS? WELL, RIGHT NOW, VICKY, WE’RE HEARING THAT TWO THINGS RIGHT NOW. WE CAN TELL YOU ABOUT, FIRST UP, THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD WILL BE HERE TOMORROW TO START DOING THEIR INVESTIGATIONS. AT THE SAME TIME, OF COURSE, FIREFIGHTERS FROM LOUISVILLE METRO, FROM AROUND THE COUNTY, FROM EVEN OUTSIDE THE COUNTY ARE WORKING ON CONTAINMENT. NOW, YOU MENTIONED AN OIL FARM. THERE ARE TANKS FULL OF OIL AND OTHER SORTS OF LIQUIDS THAT COULD BE FLAMMABLE. AND WHAT WE’VE BEEN TOLD BY THE FIRE CHIEF, BRIAN O’NEILL HERE IS THAT THEY ARE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT STAYS CONTAINED. ANYTHING THAT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD EARLIER IN THE DAY, PART OF THAT WAS SOME OF THE RELEASE SAFETY VALVES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TANKS DO NOT RUPTURE. SO THEY ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT. THEY’RE WORKING ON THE HOTSPOTS, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM WHERE VICKY IS RIGHT NOW. AND AT THE SAME TIME, THEY ARE PREPARING FOR THE NTSB TO COME IN AND HOPEFULLY FIND SOME ANSWERS. I’VE BEEN TALKING TO A LOT OF FRIENDS IN THE AVIATION COMMUNITY, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE HEARTBROKEN. THEY THEY’RE JUST DEVASTATED. THIS IS SCARY FOR ANYONE WHO, OF COURSE, LIVES AROUND HERE AND KNOWS ANYBODY IN THIS INDUSTRY. SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO SEE ANY OF THIS DEBRIS LYING ABOUT IN THE AREA. FIRST THINGS FIRST. DON’T TOUCH IT. REPORT IT, DON’T TOUCH IT BECAUSE IT’S NOT SAFE. BUT ALSO DON’T TOUCH IT BECAUSE THE NTSB WILL NEED THAT TO HELP RECREATE THE ACCIDENT. FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. AND THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD, OF COURSE, FROM THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY EARLIER ON TONIGHT IN THEIR BRIEFING, WE ARE ALSO ASKING THE PUBLIC IF THEY WERE TO FIND ANY DEBRIS IN THE AREA TO PLEASE AVOID TOUCHING THIS DEBRIS AND REPORT TO THE REPORT THE DEBRIS AS WELL. THEY CAN TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS TO THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE, WHICH IS LOUISVILLE, KY DOT GOV BACKSLASH EMERGENCY SERVICES. WE ARE ASKING EVERYONE TO PLEASE FOLLOW THE AIRPORT’S X PAGE AT FLY LOUISVILLE FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES. AND FOR RIGHT NOW, AS WE KNOW, THE AREA OF SHELTER IN PLACE ORDER IS JUST DOWN TO ONE MILE AROUND THE AIRPORT. EVERYWHERE OUTSIDE OF THAT IS DEEMED TO NOT BE AS AT MUCH AT RISK FOR RIGHT NOW. BUT AGAIN, NTSB WILL BE HERE IN THE MORNING. THEY WILL BE EXPECTED TO TALK TO US SOMETIME BEFORE NOON, AS THEY TOLD US IN THIS BRIEFING AS WELL, VICKY, THAT’S WHAT WE’RE HEARING OVER HERE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NORMAN. NOW, GOVERNOR BESHEAR ARRIVED IN LOUISVILLE JUST HOURS AFTER THE CRASH. HE AND OTHER LOCAL LEADERS ARE NOW WORKING TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED. DEANDRIA TURNER HEARD FROM THEM TODAY. SHE’S LIVE NOW AT THE BIG FOUR BRIDGE, WHICH IS NOW LIT UP YELLOW FOR UPS DEANDRIA TURNER. VICKY. THAT’S RIGHT. IT’S JUST A SIMPLE GESTURE TO HONOR THOSE SEVEN LIVES THAT HAVE LOST AND ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES RIGHT NOW, AND EVEN THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE LIVES HAVE CHANGED FOREVER BECAUSE THEY HAVE LOST THEIR LOVED ONES. IT’S TO HONOR THOSE AND FIGHT FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL RECOVERING. AND NOW AGAIN, WE DID SPEAK TO GOVERNOR BESHEAR EARLIER TODAY. THEY TOLD US THE PLANE WAS CARRYING 250,000 GALLONS OF JET FUEL, AND NO HAZARDOUS CARGO WAS ON BOARD. BUT THE LOCATION OF THE CRASH CREATED DANGEROUS CONDITIONS, INCLUDING SEVERAL EXPLOSIONS EARLY ON ON, CREWS SAY THAT THEY’RE STILL IN LIFE SAVING PHASE, WHICH MEANS THEY’RE DOING ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL EVERYONE WHO’S BEEN INJURED AND IMPACTED, THEY’RE KNOCKING ON DOORS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET EVERYONE OUT AND INTO THE HOSPITAL. WE WERE AT THE HOSPITAL EARLIER WHERE THEY WERE AT A CODE YELLOW, WHICH MEANS THEY WERE READY FOR A DISASTER. AND ABOUT A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO THEY WERE OUT OF THAT CODE YELLOW. THEY ARE TREATING 11 PATIENTS AT DIFFERENT U OF L HOSPITAL SYSTEMS. THE NTSB WILL LEAD THIS INVESTIGATION, AND OFFICIALS STRESSED THAT EVERYONE REALLY NEEDS TO COME TOGETHER DURING THIS TIME. AND ALSO THEY TALKED ABOUT JUST HOW LOUISVILLE IS. SO PERSEVERANCE, HOW WE PERSEVERE OVER EVERYTHING. AND WE PERSIST. AND EVEN THROUGH THIS TRAGEDY WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. CITY OF LOUISVILLE, TO JOIN THEM IN PRAYING FOR THE VICTIMS, THEIR FAMILIES AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO BRAVELY RUSHED TO THE SCENE TO SAVE PEOPLE AND ARE STILL ACTIVELY WORKING TO PUT THE PUT THE FIRE OUT. OUR HEARTS ARE WITH THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS TRAGIC INCIDENT. THE MAYOR’S OFFICE IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH FIRST RESPONDERS, FEDERAL AUTHORITIES AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAMS TO RESPOND AND SECURE THE AREA. AND VICKY, STATE AND CITY LEADERS ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO PLEASE BE PATIENT AND TO PLEASE HAVE GRACE WITH THEM AS THIS IS AN ONGOING AND EVER CHANGING INVESTIGATION FOR DAYS AND WEEKS AND MAYBE EVEN MONTHS TO COME. FOR NOW, THE BIG FOUR BRIDGE DEANDRIA TURNER WLKY NEWS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, ANDREA. OF COURSE, ONCE AGAIN, THE AIRPORT IS CLOSED TONIGHT. IT IS EXPECTED TO OPEN AGAIN TOMORROW. THE COURTS. THE PLANE CRASH HAS AFFECTED MANY FAMILIES AND MANY FLIGHTS OUT OF HERE. JAMIE MAYES IS LIVE HERE ALSO AT THE AIRPORT TONIGHT. JAMIE, ARE THERE STILL PEOPLE INSIDE WAITING FOR FLIGHTS? MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE? CARRYING FIREARMS THROUGH THE TSA. ALL OF THOSE DEPARTING FLIGHTS THAT WERE EXPECTED TO LEAVE OUT OF SDF HAVE BEEN CANCELED. I SPOKE WITH A FEW PASSENGERS EARLIER TODAY WHO TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE EXPECTING TO LEAVE THE AIRPORT TODAY, BUT INSTEAD ARE CHOOSING TO SOME. SOME OF THEM ARE CHOOSING TO SPEND THE NIGHT HERE. YOU CAN SEE A FEW OF THOSE PEOPLE BEHIND ME HERE, JUST SITTING, WAITING, HOPING THAT AT SOME POINT TOMORROW MORNING THEY’LL BE ABLE TO LEAVE OUT OF SDF. EARLIER TODAY, TSA WAS TURNING PASSENGERS AWAY UPSTAIRS AS PEOPLE WERE NOT ABLE TO BOARD THEIR FLIGHTS. WE SPOKE TO PEOPLE WHO CAME IN AS FAR AWAY AS FRANCE, WHO SAID THEY WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT NEXT STEPS. MANY PEOPLE TOLD ME THEY DIDN’T MIND WAITING ON THEIR FLIGHTS. GIVEN THE TRAGEDY THAT HAS UNFOLDED THIS EVENING. I FEEL BLESSED THAT IT WAS NOT, YOU KNOW, OUR PLANE, BUT FEEL SO SORRY FOR THESE PEOPLE. AND SDF SAYS ANYONE WHO WAS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE OR DEPART HERE FROM THE AIRPORT IS ASKED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO CHECK THEIR FLIGHT SCHEDULES. REPORTING LIVE. I’M JAMIE MAYES WLKY NEWS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. JAMIE, BACK OUTSIDE HERE AT THE AIRPORT, THERE ARE MORE REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS HERE THAN ANYONE ELSE RIGHT NOW. IF YOU ROLLED UP TO THE AIRPORT, AT FIRST GLANCE, YOU’D THINK NOTHING’S GOING ON. BUT JUST AS SOON AS YOU GET OUT OF YOUR CAR, YOU IMMEDIATELY SMELL THE JET FUEL, AND ONCE AGAIN, YOU SEE THOSE HOT SPOTS BURNING IN THE DISTANCE BACK FROM THE RUNWAY, BACK THE CRASH SITE NOW, FIRST RESPONDERS ACROSS THE STATE ARE STILL HERE AT THIS HOUR, AND THEY WILL BE HERE FOR HOURS, TIRELESSLY. A TRAGIC SCENE. BUT RICK, ONCE AGAIN, AS WE’VE SAID MANY, MANY TIMES, LOUISVILLIANS ARE RESILIENT AND WE COME TOGETHER IN TIMES LIKE THESE. CERTAINLY DO. THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICKI. WELL, LMPD HAS SET UP A REUNIFICATION CENTER FOR FAMILIES AT THE LMPD TRAINING FACILITY THAT’S ON TAYLOR BOULEVARD, WLKY’S MADISON ELLIOTT IS THERE FOR US TONIGHT. MADISON. RICK, WE’VE SEEN FAMILIES COMING IN LOOKING FOR HELP TO REUNIFY WITH THEIR LOVED ONES WHO MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WHERE LMPD IS ASKING FAMILIES TO COME VERSUS GOING TO THE HOSPITAL, BECAUSE HOSPITALS RIGHT NOW ARE JUST NOT SET UP TO HANDLE REUNIFICATION DURING THIS TYPE OF EMERGENCY. SO THEY’VE BEEN ENCOURAGING EVERYBODY TO COME HERE. WE JUST SPOKE WITH THE SALVATION ARMY NOT TOO LONG AGO. THEY ARE ONE OF THE MANY PARTNERS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT TO ASSIST LMPD AND TO ASSIST FAMILIES HERE TO PROVIDE SNACKS, WATER AND REALLY COMFORT DURING THIS VERY TRAGIC TIME AS THEY TRY TO GET ANSWERS ABOUT WHERE THEIR LOVED 1ST MAY BE AND HOW THEY ARE DOING. AND JUST AS THEY ARE WORKING HARD HERE TO HELP FAMILIES, MANY TRAVELERS WE CAUGHT UP WITH WHEN WE WERE AT THE AIRPORT EARLIER AS WELL ARE WORKING TO NOW GET HOME. MANY WERE STRANDED SITTING ON THE TARMAC FOR MANY HOURS AND DID NOT GET OUT OF LOUISVILLE TONIGHT AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED, AND WE SPOKE TO GROUPS FROM BOTH ORLANDO AND BOSTON TONIGHT WHO WERE JUST TRYING TO FIND THEIR WAY HOME, BUT SAY THEY WERE ON THE PLANE WHEN THEY SAW ALL OF THESE FLAMES. THE PASSENGER IN FRONT OF US. YEAH, BECAUSE THEY KEPT ON SAYING, HOLD UP, HOLD UP, HOLD OFF. AND THEN WE SAID, WHAT’S ALL THAT SMOKE? YOU KNOW, AND WE NOTICED THE SMOKE COMING IN THE SKY. WE COULD SEE IT THROUGH OUR WINDOWS OF THE PLANE. AND THEN SOMEONE POSTED IT FROM ANOTHER AIRPLANE ON INSTAGRAM. SO WE SAW IT. IT WAS PRETTY. YEAH, WE SAW IT ONLINE. PEOPLE STARTED CHECKING THEIR PHONES. SO THAT THERE IS A GROUP YOU JUST HEARD THEY WERE TRYING TO GET BACK TO BOSTON TONIGHT, SO THEY’LL BE STAYING HERE ANOTHER NIGHT IN LOUISVILLE. WE’RE NOT SURE WHEN FLIGHTS WILL BE GETTING BACK UP AT THE LOUISVILLE AIRPORT AT THIS POINT. BUT AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER OR SOMEBODY THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH, THIS IS THE PLACE LMPD THEIR TRAINING ACADEMY. THIS IS THE REUNIFICATION CENTER WHERE THEY WANT FAMILIES TO COME. AMERICAN RED CROSS WILL BE HERE. VICTIM SERVICES IS HERE AS WELL AS CHAPLAINS ARE HERE TO PROVIDE COMFORT DURING THIS VERY DIFFICULT TIME. FOR NOW, WE’LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU, RICK. ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH, MADISON. EARLIER THIS EVENING, WE SPOKE TO A UPS EMPLOYEE WHO SAYS THAT SHE WITNESSED THE MOMENT TRAGEDY STRUCK. I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM MY DAD ASKING ME, WAS I OKAY? AND I LITERALLY HAD JUST WALKED IN THE HOUSE FROM WORK. AND I JUST ALL OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS WAS JUST CALLING ME, ASKING ME IF I WAS OKAY. THEY TOLD ME ABOUT IT AND I JUST STARTED CALLING MY. EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEES AND STUFF AND JUST MAKE SURE THEY WAS OKAY AND STUFF. BUT AND THEN THAT’S WHEN I CAME OVER TO, YOU KNOW, SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. I WAS TOLD FROM MY GROUP THAT IT WAS ONE OF OUR PLANES. I’M SOME SOME ARE SAYING IT’S SPIRIT. I’M NOT FOR SURE. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I MEAN, I JUST A LITTLE SHAKY BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW HOW TOMORROW’S GOING TO GO. YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO GO TO WORK TOMORROW. YOU GOT TO THINK ABOUT PLANES FALLING OUT THE SKY, BEING IN THE BUILDING. AND I DON’T KNOW, IT’S A LITTLE SCARY FOR ME AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH, UPS WORLDPORT HAS HALTED ALL OPERATIONS AS FIRST RESPONDERS CONTINUE INVESTIGATING THE CRASH. NEXT DAY. AIR SUPPORT HAS ALSO BEEN CANCELED AND NO EMPLOYEES WILL NEED TO REPORT TO WORK TONIGHT. IN A STATEMENT, THE COMPANY SAID THEY’RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE NTSB A

    Fiery Kentucky plane crash leaves at least 9 dead, trail of destruction

    Updated: 8:17 AM EST Nov 5, 2025

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    A UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded Tuesday while taking off from an airport in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least nine people and injuring numerous others. At least 16 people are still missing.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. Video showed flames on the plane’s left wing and a trail of smoke. The plane then lifted slightly off the ground before crashing and exploding in a huge fireball. Video also revealed portions of a building’s shredded roof next to the end of the runway. The death toll had risen to at least nine on Wednesday morning, and four of those killed were not on the plane, officials said.Among 11 people who were hurt, some had “very significant” injuries, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said, adding he expects the death toll to increase. “Anybody who has seen the images, the video, knows how violent this crash is,” he said. Sister station WLKY reports that at least two people are in critical condition and at least eight have non-life-threatening injuries. There are at least two others missing from a nearby auto shop.UPS’s largest package handling facility is located in Louisville, and the company announced on Tuesday night that it had halted package sorting at the center, without specifying when it would resume. The hub employs thousands of workers, has 300 daily flights and sorts more than 400,000 packages an hour.The governor said a business, Kentucky Petroleum Recycling, appeared to be “hit pretty directly,” and a nearby auto parts operation was also affected.Beshear said he didn’t know the status of the three crew members aboard the plane, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 made in 1991. Because of the long trip, it was fully fueled, leading to the large fire. It spread easily to nearby facilities, like a large recycling center.UPS said the National Transportation Safety Board is in charge of the investigation and will be the primary source of information about the official investigation. WARNING: Video below shows the fiery crash. Viewer discretion advised.A video taken by Leirim Rodríguez shows several massive balls of flames exploding into the sky in a row, followed by large billowing clouds of black smoke. Rodriguez told the AP she and her husband just happened to be in the area at the time of the explosion.Destyn Mitchell said she was working as a host at an Outback restaurant, about a 15-minute drive from the crash, when she heard a “very loud boom.” About 20 people were in the restaurant.”The mood in the restaurant was very shaken up,” Mitchell said. “Everyone is really concerned. People who just sat down to eat got up and left in under 30 minutes and packed up their food because they wanted to hurry up and get home.”The Associated Press contributed to this story.

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

    A UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded Tuesday while taking off from an airport in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least nine people and injuring numerous others. At least 16 people are still missing.

    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.

    Video showed flames on the plane’s left wing and a trail of smoke. The plane then lifted slightly off the ground before crashing and exploding in a huge fireball. Video also revealed portions of a building’s shredded roof next to the end of the runway.

    The death toll had risen to at least nine on Wednesday morning, and four of those killed were not on the plane, officials said.

    Among 11 people who were hurt, some had “very significant” injuries, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said, adding he expects the death toll to increase.

    “Anybody who has seen the images, the video, knows how violent this crash is,” he said.

    Sister station WLKY reports that at least two people are in critical condition and at least eight have non-life-threatening injuries. There are at least two others missing from a nearby auto shop.

    UPS’s largest package handling facility is located in Louisville, and the company announced on Tuesday night that it had halted package sorting at the center, without specifying when it would resume. The hub employs thousands of workers, has 300 daily flights and sorts more than 400,000 packages an hour.

    The governor said a business, Kentucky Petroleum Recycling, appeared to be “hit pretty directly,” and a nearby auto parts operation was also affected.

    Beshear said he didn’t know the status of the three crew members aboard the plane, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 made in 1991.

    Because of the long trip, it was fully fueled, leading to the large fire. It spread easily to nearby facilities, like a large recycling center.

    UPS said the National Transportation Safety Board is in charge of the investigation and will be the primary source of information about the official investigation.

    WARNING: Video below shows the fiery crash. Viewer discretion advised.

    A video taken by Leirim Rodríguez shows several massive balls of flames exploding into the sky in a row, followed by large billowing clouds of black smoke. Rodriguez told the AP she and her husband just happened to be in the area at the time of the explosion.

    Destyn Mitchell said she was working as a host at an Outback restaurant, about a 15-minute drive from the crash, when she heard a “very loud boom.” About 20 people were in the restaurant.

    “The mood in the restaurant was very shaken up,” Mitchell said. “Everyone is really concerned. People who just sat down to eat got up and left in under 30 minutes and packed up their food because they wanted to hurry up and get home.”

    The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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  • At least 7 dead in UPS plane crash and explosion at Kentucky airport

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    A UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded Tuesday while taking off from an airport in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least seven people and injuring numerous others.Watch aerial footage of the initial scene in the video player above.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. Video showed flames on the plane’s left wing and a trail of smoke. The plane then lifted slightly off the ground before crashing and exploding in a huge fireball. Video also revealed portions of a building’s shredded roof next to the end of the runway. The death toll had risen to at least seven Tuesday night, and four of those killed were not on the plane, officials said.Among 11 people who were hurt, some had “very significant” injuries, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said.“Anybody who has seen the images, the video, knows how violent this crash is,” he said. Sister station WLKY reports that at least two people are in critical condition and at least eight have non-life-threatening injuries. There are at least two others missing from a nearby auto shop.The governor said a business, Kentucky Petroleum Recycling, appeared to be “hit pretty directly,” and a nearby auto parts operation was also affected.Beshear said he didn’t know the status of the three crew members aboard the plane, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 made in 1991. Because of the long trip, it was fully fueled, leading to the large fire. It spread easily to nearby facilities, like a large recycling center.UPS said the National Transportation Safety Board is in charge of the investigation and will be the primary source of information about the official investigation. According to the FAA National Airspace Status System, the Louisville airport will be closed until 7 a.m. ET Wednesday.“We don’t know how long it’s going to take to render that scene safe,” said Louisville Police Chief Paul Humphrey.WARNING: Video below shows the fiery crash. Viewer discretion advised.A video taken by Leirim Rodríguez shows several massive balls of flames exploding into the sky in a row, followed by large billowing clouds of black smoke. Rodriguez told the AP she and her husband just happened to be in the area at the time of the explosion.Destyn Mitchell said she was working as a host at an Outback restaurant, about a 15-minute drive from the crash, when she heard a “very loud boom.” About 20 people were in the restaurant.“The mood in the restaurant was very shaken up,” Mitchell said. “Everyone is really concerned. People who just sat down to eat got up and left in under 30 minutes and packed up their food because they wanted to hurry up and get home.” The Associated Press contributed to this story.

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

    A UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded Tuesday while taking off from an airport in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least seven people and injuring numerous others.

    Watch aerial footage of the initial scene in the video player above.

    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.

    Video showed flames on the plane’s left wing and a trail of smoke. The plane then lifted slightly off the ground before crashing and exploding in a huge fireball. Video also revealed portions of a building’s shredded roof next to the end of the runway.

    The death toll had risen to at least seven Tuesday night, and four of those killed were not on the plane, officials said.

    Among 11 people who were hurt, some had “very significant” injuries, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said.

    “Anybody who has seen the images, the video, knows how violent this crash is,” he said.

    Sister station WLKY reports that at least two people are in critical condition and at least eight have non-life-threatening injuries. There are at least two others missing from a nearby auto shop.

    The governor said a business, Kentucky Petroleum Recycling, appeared to be “hit pretty directly,” and a nearby auto parts operation was also affected.

    Beshear said he didn’t know the status of the three crew members aboard the plane, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 made in 1991.

    Because of the long trip, it was fully fueled, leading to the large fire. It spread easily to nearby facilities, like a large recycling center.

    UPS said the National Transportation Safety Board is in charge of the investigation and will be the primary source of information about the official investigation.

    According to the FAA National Airspace Status System, the Louisville airport will be closed until 7 a.m. ET Wednesday.

    “We don’t know how long it’s going to take to render that scene safe,” said Louisville Police Chief Paul Humphrey.

    WARNING: Video below shows the fiery crash. Viewer discretion advised.

    A video taken by Leirim Rodríguez shows several massive balls of flames exploding into the sky in a row, followed by large billowing clouds of black smoke. Rodriguez told the AP she and her husband just happened to be in the area at the time of the explosion.

    Destyn Mitchell said she was working as a host at an Outback restaurant, about a 15-minute drive from the crash, when she heard a “very loud boom.” About 20 people were in the restaurant.

    “The mood in the restaurant was very shaken up,” Mitchell said. “Everyone is really concerned. People who just sat down to eat got up and left in under 30 minutes and packed up their food because they wanted to hurry up and get home.”

    The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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  • At least 7 dead, 11 injured in UPS plane crash and explosion at Kentucky airport

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    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 seven people and injuring 11, authorities said.

    The plane crashed about 5:15 p.m. as it was departing for Honolulu from UPS Worldport at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport.

    Video showed flames on the plane’s left wing and a trail of smoke. The plane then lifted slightly off the ground before crashing and exploding in a huge fireball. Video also revealed portions of a building’s shredded roof next to the end of the runway.

    Among the 11 who were hurt, some had “very significant” injuries, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said.

    “Anybody who has seen the images, the video, knows how violent this crash is,” he said.

    Beshear said he didn’t know the status of the three crew members aboard the plane, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 made in 1991.

    UPS’s largest package handling facility is in Louisville. The hub employs thousands of workers, has 300 daily flights and sorts more than 400,000 packages an hour.

    “We all know somebody who works at UPS,” Louisville Metro Council member Betsy Ruhe said. “And they’re all texting their friends, their family, trying to make sure everyone is safe. Sadly, some of those texts are probably going to go unanswered. My heart goes out to those families and those friends.”

    UPS acknowledged the crash in a brief statement and said the National Transportation Safety Board would handle the investigation.

    The airport, meanwhile, was shut down and wasn’t expected to resume operations until Wednesday morning.

    “We don’t know how long it’s going to take to render that scene safe,” said Louisville Police Chief Paul Humphrey.

    The governor said a business, Kentucky Petroleum Recycling, appeared to be “hit pretty directly,” and a nearby auto parts operation was also affected.

    A video taken by Leirim Rodríguez shows several massive balls of flames exploding into the sky in a row, followed by large billowing clouds of black smoke. Rodriguez told the AP she and her husband just happened to be in the area at the time of the explosion.

    Tom Brooks Jr., who runs a metal recycling business down the street, said the unbelievable magnitude of the crash “just rocked the whole place.”

    “This was massive. I mean, it literally looked like a war zone,” he said.

    Destyn Mitchell said she was working as a host at an Outback restaurant, about a 15-minute drive from the crash, when she heard a loud boom. About 20 people were in the restaurant.

    “The mood in the restaurant was very shaken up,” Mitchell said. “Everyone is really concerned. People who just sat down to eat got up and left in under 30 minutes and packed up their food because they wanted to hurry up and get home.”

    Pablo Rojas, an aviation attorney, said that based on the videos it looked like the aircraft was struggling to gain altitude as a fire blazed on its left side around one of its engines. Given the large amount of fuel it was carrying, once the fire started in that area, it would’ve been only a matter of time before there was an explosion or the fire grew rapidly.

    “Really the plane itself is almost acting like a bomb because of the amount of fuel,” he said.

    The Louisville airport is only a 10-minute drive from the city’s downtown, which sits on the Ohio River bordering the Indiana state line. There are residential areas, a water park and museums in the area.

    A UPS statement reads, “Our heartfelt thoughts are with everyone involved. We are terribly saddened by the accident tonight in Louisville. Our heartfelt thoughts are with everyone involved. UPS is committed to the safety of our employees, our customers and the communities we serve. This is particularly true in Louisville, home to our airline and thousands of UPSers. We are engaged with the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation of the accident and are staying in close contact with the Federal Aviation Administration. We will work tirelessly with state and local authorities on response efforts. As a result of the accident, we are halting package sorting operations tonight at Worldport. Family members seeking information should call 800-631-0604.”

    Golden reported from Seattle. AP reporters Ed White in Detroit, John Raby in Cross Lanes, West Virginia, and Adrian Sainz in Memphis, Tennessee, contributed to this report.

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  • UPS plane crashes on takeoff from Louisville, Kentucky, airport, igniting huge fire on ground

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    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A UPS plane crashed on takeoff from the airport in Louisville, Kentucky, igniting a huge fire on ground, officials said Tuesday.

    The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane crashed at about 5:15 p.m. It was taking off for Honolulu.

    THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police are responding to reports of a plane crash near Louisville International Airport in Kentucky on Tuesday.

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  • 2 dead in fiery small plane crash on Route 195 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts

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    Two people were killed when a small plane crashed onto Route 195 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts Monday morning, police said. Both sides of the highway have been shut down.

    The fixed-wing plane went down on the grassy median around 8:15 a.m. and burst into flames, according to Massachusetts State Police.

    A plane crashed onto the median of Route 195 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts on October 13, 2025.

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    The two who were killed were on the plane, police said, and one person on the ground was hurt and taken in a car to St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford. The severity of that person’s injuries is not yet known.

    “No further information is available regarding the identities of the victims, the circumstances of the crash, or the timing of the roadway reopening to normal traffic,” state police spokesman Tim McGuirk said in a statement. “We offer our condolences to their families and loved ones.”

    McGuirk said the plane may have been trying to land at New Bedford Regional Airport, but added that “it does not appear that the pilot provided the Airport with a flight plan.”

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    A plane crashed onto the median of Route 195 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts on October 13, 2025.

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    A photo and video on social media showed the wreckage in flames on the highway in the rain. There was also a wrecked car in the median, but it’s not known if that was involved in the crash.

    “Federal Aviation Administration Officials will likely assume primary responsibility for the investigation into the circumstances of the crash,” state police said.  

    It’s not clear yet if the weather was a factor. A nor’easter has been rolling through Massachusetts since Sunday, bringing heavy rain and strong wind to the region. 

    Dartmouth is about 57 miles south of Boston and 28 miles southeast of Providence, Rhode Island.

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  • 2 dead after plane crash in Tarrant County, Fort Worth Fire Department says

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    Two people died in a plane crash in the 12700 block of N. Saginaw Boulevard in Tarrant County near Hicks Airfield on Sunday afternoon, the Fort Worth Fire Department said. 

    Just after 1:30 p.m., multiple calls reported a plane crash on N. Saginaw Blvd., Fort Worth FD said, adding that crews arrived on the scene within 5 minutes. The area is between Fort Worth Alliance Airport and Fort Worth Meacham Airport, west of DFW International Airport. 

    Fort Worth FD said the plane hit 18-wheelers and trailers, igniting a heavy fire. Crews fought the fire and began searching the area for any victims. Within 35 minutes, the fire was brought under control.

    Witnesses describe fiery plane crash near Fort Worth  

    Gregory Delano, who was at a nearby business, said he ran to the crash.

    “Ran around the corner and just seen a giant ball of fire and smoke… Walked around the fire, not getting too close. Trying to see if there was an access point, maybe a cockpit that I could see or anything that would lead me to anybody that was inside of it, but it was completely engulfed,” said Delano.

    Two victims were pronounced dead on the scene. The victims have not been identified.

    “We ran out here and there was smoke, it was black, but what was bad was the fire. It was so, I mean, you can just feel how intense it was. It was so bad, and people were like, stopping their cars running down there, then … we hear total ‘booms,’” said Theresa Brown, neighbor.    

    At least 10 tractor-trailers were damaged from the crash, which also sparked grass fires, Fort Worth FD said.

    “You just knew nobody survived that… I don’t know what else to say. It’s just heart-wrenching. You don’t wish that on anybody,” said Brown.  

    North Texas plane crash under investigation

    The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) identified the plane as a Beechcraft King Air C90 that crashed in Fort Worth on Sunday afternoon and confirmed it is investigating the crash. The FAA is leading the investigation.  

    Fort Worth FD said the plane took off from Alliance Airport in Fort Worth. It is not known where the plane was headed.

    Emergency responders from multiple agencies responded to the crash, including crews from Tarrant County, Haslet, Lake Worth, Newark, Saginaw, Eagle Mountain, and Fort Worth. After the fire was brought under control, Fort Worth FD transferred command of the incident to Tarrant County Fire.

    This is a developing story. We will bring you updates as soon as they become available.

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  • Missing dog found days after Aitkin County plane crash, 1 still hospitalized

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    Nearly a week after a small plane crashed near an airport in McGregor, Minnesota, almost everyone is out of the hospital, and man’s best friend is back with his owners. 

    The crash happened last Sunday near the Isedor Iverson Airport on West Center Avenue shortly before 4:30 p.m. Investigators said the plane, a Piper PA-28 140, lost power shortly after takeoff at the airport in McGregor. The pilot was trying to fly the plane back when it crashed in a swampy area short of the runway. 

     Authorities previously said all three people on board were in stable condition, but the sister of the pilot now says that he and another passenger are out of the hospital. A third passenger remains hospitalized for recovery. The three people in the plane were identified by the sheriff’s office as 23-year-old Kaden Brazinsky and 23-year-old Jocelyn Erlandson, both from Ham Lake, Minnesota, and 22-year-old Wyatt Sherry of New Richmond, Wisconsin.

    In addition, a Yorkshire terrier that was aboard the plane went missing at the time of the crash. However, a local search group called The Retrievers found the dog on Thursday using drones with thermal imaging and multiple volunteers.

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  • Family members of D.C. plane crash victims push for aviation safety reform amid government shutdown

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    Rachel Feres lost four members of her family in the deadly plane crash near Washington, D.C., earlier this year. She said that in the aftermath of the crash, flying will never be the same for her, and the government shutdown gave her pause when she came to Capitol Hill this week to advocate for safety reforms.

    “I trust that everyone who is going to work is doing their very best to keep us safe, but this is just not a functional way to govern,” she told CBS News. “We deserve better than this. We deserve that our essential systems, our transportation systems, stay open and that the folks who are responsible for keeping those safe are paid on time and that that doesn’t become a football.”

    Amid efforts in Congress to reform the nation’s aviation system, Feres and other victims’ family members have been meeting with lawmakers and Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board. Feres’ cousin Peter Livingston, his wife Donna and daughters Alydia and Everly died when an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Eagle flight over the Potomac River in January.

    “Our message has been that aviation safety reform matters,” Feres said. “It matters to the American people. This is a nonpartisan issue. This is an American issue, and we all deserve to know that when we or our loved ones get on a plane, we get off again on the other side.”

    Feres and other victims’ family members met with Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, chair of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and the panel’s top Democrat, Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state.

    “I have a lot of confidence in the members on both sides of the aisle who are working hard to ensure that this stays a top priority, but I think anytime, obviously, the government is shut down, we know that infrastructure projects are delayed and we know that the members of the government who are on the job, who are TSA agents and air traffic controllers, may not be getting paid, and that’s a concern for all of us.”

    The NTSB’s investigation into January’s crash is ongoing.

    The Black Hawk helicopter was flying without a piece of equipment turned on that allows the aircraft to be tracked. The military has a waiver that essentially exempts it from having to use the equipment.

    In July, Cruz introduced legislation that would require all aircraft to use the equipment, known as Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast, or ADS-B.

    A spokesperson for Cruz said in a statement to CBS News that he’s been working with the victims’ families on the bill since January.

    “The Rotorcraft Operations Transparency and Reform Act represents an important step forward in aviation safety reform by requiring that all aircraft, military and civilian, use both ADS-B Out and ADS-B In and seeks to hold the Army accountable for failures that may have contributed to the crash,” the spokesperson said. “He is committed to ensuring another accident does not happen again.”

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  • 3 adults injured in small plane crash near northern Minnesota airport

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    Three people in their 20s are recovering after a small plane crashed near an airport in McGregor, Minnesota, on Sunday afternoon, according to the Aitkin County Sheriff’s Office.

    911 callers reported the crash near the Isedor Iverson Airport on West Center Avenue at 4:26 p.m. Responding officials found the plane around a half-mile southeast of the airport. 

    All three people aboard the plane were taken to the hospital and were in stable condition on Monday morning, the sheriff’s office said. 

    Investigators said the plane, a Piper PA-28 140, lost power shortly after takeoff at the airport in McGregor. The pilot was trying to fly the plane back when it crashed in a swampy area short of the runway. 

    The three people in the plane have been identified by the sheriff’s office as 23-year-old Kaden Brazinsky and 23-year-old Jocelyn Erlandson, both from Ham Lake, Minnesota, and 22-year-old Wyatt Sherry of New Richmond, Wisconsin.

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  • Archive | Sac survivor helps create memorial for 1972 plane crash at Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor

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    Archive | Sacramento survivor helps create memorial for 1972 plane crash at Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor

    The accident was horrific. *** Korean Air *** War jet leaving an air show at Executive Airport crashed into *** fireball, skidding across Freeport Boulevard, slamming into Ferrell’s ice cream parlor. The date September 24, 1972. The death toll 22 killed, 12 of them children. This is the site today. It will soon be the headquarters for Sacramento’s police and fire departments. It will also be *** memorial site thanks to one survivor. I just kind of thought, gee, I wonder if anything’s ever been done, but I just didn’t have enough courage to go back. It hurt too much. Kerry McCluskey and her twin sister were just *** few months shy of their 4th birthday when their babysitter took. For ice cream, Kerry suffered *** broken leg. Her identical twin sister Christy was killed. Initially, Kerry fought City Hall, asking the city to abandon its plans to use the building. The city stuck to its choice, noting that since the crash, runway 1230 has been shortened, the airport moving the landing and takeoff areas farther away from Freeport Boulevard. From the start, the city has Hesitation to commit to *** memorial. My thought was, why isn’t there *** memorial already? Why didn’t we do something? And clearly if other people want to have it, it’s time to do it. The plans for the memorial located near where the former ice cream parlor’s front door was will include *** patio area, benches, and *** plaque. The city has asked Kerry to come up with what the memorial should say. She’s already asked her 4 year old daughter to draw angels for the plaque. It’s an awesome responsibility, but I feel privileged and honored at the same time. The city has already committed $20,000 to the project. Carrie would like to raise more, hoping to add *** fountain and *** rose bush for every victim. This donation was left on her doorstep. If all goes as planned, this memorial will be in place by September of this year, marking the 30th anniversary of this horrific crash. In Sacramento, Tana Castro, KCRA 3 reports.

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    Updated: 4:53 PM PDT Sep 24, 2025

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    As part of our 70th anniversary, KCRA 3 is taking a look through our archives at various community stories we covered over the decades.Wednesday marks 53 years since the Canadair Sabre Korean War-era jet crashed into Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor in Sacramento after failing to take off from Sacramento Executive Airport during an air show. Twenty-two people were killed, including 12 children, after the jet skidded across Freeport Boulevard and slammed into the shop on Sept. 24, 1972. In the video clip above from 2002, our coverage focused on survivor Carrie McCluskey’s efforts to secure a memorial at the site, which is now the Sacramento police headquarters.| RELATED | These are lessons learned after the air disaster at Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor in Sacramento

    As part of our 70th anniversary, KCRA 3 is taking a look through our archives at various community stories we covered over the decades.

    Wednesday marks 53 years since the Canadair Sabre Korean War-era jet crashed into Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor in Sacramento after failing to take off from Sacramento Executive Airport during an air show. Twenty-two people were killed, including 12 children, after the jet skidded across Freeport Boulevard and slammed into the shop on Sept. 24, 1972.

    In the video clip above from 2002, our coverage focused on survivor Carrie McCluskey’s efforts to secure a memorial at the site, which is now the Sacramento police headquarters.

    | RELATED | These are lessons learned after the air disaster at Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor in Sacramento

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  • Widow of D.C. plane crash victim files wrongful death lawsuit against government, airlines

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    The widow of one of the victims of the deadly midair collision near Ronald Reagan National Airport in January has filed a lawsuit against the federal government and two airlines for the crash. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave has the details.

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  • Family of D.C. plane crash victim sues FAA, Army, American Airlines

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    The family of one of the 67 people killed earlier this year when an American Airlines plane and a United States Army helicopter collided over Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the government and the airlines involved in the crash.

    Other families are expected to join this first lawsuit that seeks to hold the Federal Aviation Administration, the Army, American Airlines and its regional partner, PSA Airlines, accountable for the deadliest U.S. plane crash since 2001. PSA Airlines operated Flight 5342 that crashed Jan. 29.

    The widow of Casey Crafton from Connecticut, who is raising three young boys without her husband, filed the lawsuit. Her lawyers also represent the majority of the families of people who died in the crash.

    “Casey was a devoted father and husband, and we built a beautiful life together,” said Rachel Crafton in a statement about the lawsuit, in which she described her husband as “a loving brother, a supportive son, a committed employee, a selfless friend” and someone who “made everyone around him feel valued and respected.”

    As her husband had worked as an aviation mechanic, Crafton said he “was betrayed by this system he trusted” when Flight 5342 crashed.

    “As his wife, I cannot stand by and allow his life to be lost in vain,” the statement continued. “Today, we are taking legal action because the accountability of American Airlines, PSA Airlines, and the Army and FAA is the only way to ensure this never happens again and no other family has to live with the pain we have to endure each day without Casey.”

    Crosses are seen at a makeshift memorial for the victims of the plane crash near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia.

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    The National Transportation Safety Board has already highlighted a long list of things that likely contributed to the crash, although the final report identifying the cause won’t be ready until next year.

    The Black Hawk helicopter was flying well above the 200-foot limit, but even if it had been at the correct altitude, the route it was flying provided a scant 75 feet of separation between helicopters and planes landing on Ronald Reagan International Airport’s secondary runway. The helicopter’s altimeter may have provided faulty readings.

    The NTSB has also said the FAA failed to recognize an alarming pattern of near misses at the busy airport in the years before the crash and ignored concerns about helicopter traffic around the airport. Investigators also said that overworked controllers were trying to squeeze as many planes as possible into the landing pattern with minimal separation on a regular basis. If any of those things — or a number of other factors — had been different that night, the collision might have been avoided.

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    Crews pull up a part of a plane from the Potomac River on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia.

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    The lawsuit says the airlines failed in their duty to protect the passengers because they were aware of the helicopter traffic around Reagan airport but failed to adequately train pilots to handle it and take other steps to mitigate the risks. Other airline policies, such as allowing pilots to accept an alternative runway that intersects with the helicopter route and heavily scheduling flights in the second half of every hour may have contributed.

    The lawsuit says the PSA pilots should have reacted sooner when they received an alert about traffic in the area 19 seconds before the crash instead of waiting until the last second to pull up.

    Among the jet’s passengers were several members of the Skating Club of Boston, who were returning from an elite junior skaters’ camp following the 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas. A figure skating tribute event in Washington raised $1.2 million for the crash victims’ families.

    Others on the flight from Wichita included a group of hunters returning from a guided trip in Kansas; four members of a steamfitters’ union in suburban Maryland; nine students and parents from schools in Fairfax County, Virginia; and two Chinese nationals. There were also four crew members on the plane and three people in the helicopter’s crew who were killed.

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