Kentucky. Massive UPS Cargo plane carrying 280,000 gallons of oil crashes on take-off

[hollydolly]

Multiple buildings destroyed....


Terrifying video shows the moment a massive UPS plane exploded as it took off from a Louisville, Kentucky airport on Tuesday, leaving multiple people injured and sending a massive plume of smoke spreading across the city as fires blazed for nearly a mile.

The MD-11 plane exploded around 5.15pm as it departed Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, heading toward Daniel K Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, the Federal Aviation Authority announced.

Video shared to social media showed the aircraft attempting to takeoff with a ball of fire emanating from its left wing. Just moments later, the plane exploded.

the crash involved a cargo plane like this

Click here to see the video and read the story

UPS plane crashes near Kentucky airport, leaving multiple injured

 

[TeePee]

Multiple buildings destroyed....


Terrifying video shows the moment a massive UPS plane exploded as it took off from a Louisville, Kentucky airport on Tuesday, leaving multiple people injured and sending a massive plume of smoke spreading across the city as fires blazed for nearly a mile.

The MD-11 plane exploded around 5.15pm as it departed Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, heading toward Daniel K Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, the Federal Aviation Authority announced.

Video shared to social media showed the aircraft attempting to takeoff with a ball of fire emanating from its left wing. Just moments later, the plane exploded.

the crash involved a cargo plane like this

Click here to see the video and read the story

UPS plane crashes near Kentucky airport, leaving multiple injured

How terrible. You know the ones on board couldn't have survived. I wonder how many on the ground got caught up in that massive explosion. It's dark in these parts. The workers and investigators have a lot of work to do in the dark. So sad!

 

[hollydolly]

It's just a horrible tragedy... gotta wait now for experts to discover the cause..

Right now as you say they are literally as we speak working in the dark.. the airport closed for 5 miles around

There were 3 crew members on board...

 

[Tish]

How terrible, this is the footage we got here.

 

[Jazzy1]

Condolences to the crew, and anyone on the ground who lost their lives.

 

[hearlady]

Multiple buildings destroyed....


Terrifying video shows the moment a massive UPS plane exploded as it took off from a Louisville, Kentucky airport on Tuesday, leaving multiple people injured and sending a massive plume of smoke spreading across the city as fires blazed for nearly a mile.

The MD-11 plane exploded around 5.15pm as it departed Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, heading toward Daniel K Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, the Federal Aviation Authority announced.

Video shared to social media showed the aircraft attempting to takeoff with a ball of fire emanating from its left wing. Just moments later, the plane exploded.

the crash involved a cargo plane like this

Click here to see the video and read the story

UPS plane crashes near Kentucky airport, leaving multiple injured

Our newish Transportation Secretary sure has had a lot to deal with right from the start! This looks particularly bad. Condolences to the families of those lost.

 

[oldman]

It’s rare that planes transport oil. Compared to transporting oil by other means, moving oil via planes is expensive. It’s also dangerous, as we now can witness. Shipping petroleum products has never been a main item for planes to be shipping. In emergency or military needs, planes are the fastest way to get oil to its destination, but not the safest.

I have flown on the MD-11 along with other MD series planes. They were originally produced by McDonnell Douglas before they merged with Boeing. I was never a fan of the MD planes because they are very narrow and that third engine mounted on the tail bothered me.

In this instance, don’t be shocked if an engine failure didn’t cause the explosion. On takeoff, the engines have to create a lot of thrust to get the plane airborne, which is when most engines are put under their most stress.

 

[JustDave]

That was an ugly one. It's hard to find something good in this, but a least it was a transport plane without hundreds of passengers on board, although I'm sure there were lots of people on the ground where it crashed and exploded.

Edit: Only 9 dead. I'm surprised.

It’s rare that planes transport oil. Compared to transporting oil by other means, moving oil via planes is expensive. It’s also dangerous, as we now can witness. Shipping petroleum products has never been a main item for planes to be shipping. In emergency or military needs, planes are the fastest way to get oil to its destination, but not the safest.

I have flown on the MD-11 along with other MD series planes. They were originally produced by McDonnell Douglas before they merged with Boeing. I was never a fan of the MD planes because they are very narrow and that third engine mounted on the tail bothered me.

In this instance, don’t be shocked if an engine failure didn’t cause the explosion. On takeoff, the engines have to create a lot of thrust to get the plane airborne, which is when most engines are put under their most stress.

Yes, I wondered about that. The video shows the plane already leaving the ground with the engine on fire. Talk about a pilot having his hands full.

 

[CallMeKate]

Edit: Only 9 dead. I'm surprised.

The count is *at least* 9 with many still missing. What a horrible thing to happen!

 

[oldman]

That was an ugly one. It's hard to find something good in this, but a least it was a transport plane without hundreds of passengers on board, although I'm sure there were lots of people on the ground where it crashed and exploded.

Edit: Only 9 dead. I'm surprised.

Yes, I wondered about that. The video shows the plane already leaving the ground with the engine on fire. Talk about a pilot having his hands full.

I have no idea of the fear that you (the pilot) must be feeling when your plane is leaving the runway and you already see a fire and more than likely, the alarm is sounding. It kind of reflects the same thing that happened when the Concorde departed.

I remember departing Denver going to San Francisco in a B-757 and our gear wouldn’t retract, which wasn’t a need for any great fear because it’s a short trip so we would only have to deal with some drag for the two and half hour flight. Once we got past the Rockies, we climbed to a higher altitude, so we would have more time to work on getting the landing gear back up.

 

[JustDave]

I have no idea of the fear that you (the pilot) must be feeling when your plane is leaving the runway and you already see a fire and more than likely, the alarm is sounding. It kind of reflects the same thing that happened when the Concorde departed.

I remember departing Denver going to San Francisco in a B-757 and our gear wouldn’t retract, which wasn’t a need for any great fear because it’s a short trip so we would only have to deal with some drag for the two and half hour flight. Once we got past the Rockies, we climbed to a higher altitude, so we would have more time to work on getting the landing gear back up.

I be tempted to leave the gear down just to be on the safe side, and let the maintenance crew worry about it in San Francisco. Once up you could have the same problem getting them down, and now under time constraints. But I'm not a pilot or a mechanic.

 

[VaughanJB]

AI says: "Large amounts of crude oil are almost never transported by plane in commercial logistics due to it being extremely uneconomical and impractical. The primary methods for transporting large volumes of oil are by sea via large tankers, overland via pipelines, and by rail or truck."

Speculation isn't useful right now, we must wait for details. But clearly it's a tragedy.

 

[oldman]

I be tempted to leave the gear down just to be on the safe side, and let the maintenance crew worry about it in San Francisco. Once up you could have the same problem getting them down, and now under time constraints. But I'm not a pilot or a mechanic.

That’s a good idea and was Plan B. It’s best to get the gear up to save fuel by preventing drag. I should have finished the rest of the story. We worked on it for over a half hour with no results, so we diverted to Salt Lake City. The mechanics replaced the actuator that tells the gears when to go up or down and we were back in the air in less than an hour.

 

[JustDave]

That’s a good idea and was Plan B. It’s best to get the gear up to save fuel by preventing drag. I should have finished the rest of the story. We worked on it for over a half hour with no results, so we diverted to Salt Lake City. The mechanics replaced the actuator that tells the gears when to go up or down and we were back in the air in less than an hour.

Hey! That was my idea. Although not the part about stopping along the way. And Salt lake doesn't seem like it was much out of the way.