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At least 14 people have been confirmed dead after a UPS cargo plane crashed during takeoff from Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport late Tuesday afternoon.
The sister of one of the victims of Tuesday’s UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville confirmed in a Thursday Facebook post he had died from his injuries. Regarding her brother Matt Sweets, Michelle Sweets wrote, “It is with the heaviest heart, I regret to inform all of you that he passed away this afternoon after fighting his hardest in the ICU. “
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, an NTSB official said.
Richard Wartenberg served as a pilot in the Air Force Reserve starting in 1974, according to an official. He was respected among his peers.
The crash near the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport marked the deadliest accident in UPS Airlines history.
Nine people remain missing after a UPS plane departing Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky on Tuesday crashed, killing at least 12 people.
An investigation has been launched into the cause of the deadly Tuesday crash, which occurred as an MD-11 was taking off.
Former colleagues are mourning three pilots killed in the UPS cargo plane crash near the Louisville, Kentucky, airport, as relatives of a badly burned man who was pulled from the wreckage confirm he’s also among the 14 who died.
The UPS cargo plane crew tried to control the aircraft for about 25 seconds before it crashed into a ball of flames shortly after taking off on Tuesday.
MoveOn Civic Action, a nonprofit group that says it focuses on "nonpartisan education and advocacy on important national issues," commissioned a plane banner to fly above Levi's Stadium for a two-hour window on Sunday. launched a petition
The power had just gone off and the ground was shaking at Grade A Auto Parts when the owner received a panicked video call from his chief financial officer. On his screen, CEO Sean Garber watched a “huge fireball” engulf the Louisville,