UPS Cargo Plane Crash in Louisville
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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.
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 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.
Nine people remain missing after a UPS plane departing Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky on Tuesday crashed, killing at least 12 people.
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UPS cargo plane engine fell off before fiery Kentucky crash that killed 12; FBI investigating
The NTSB confirmed a UPS cargo plane's left engine separated during takeoff before a fatal Louisville airport crash that killed 12 people and injured 11 others Tuesday.
The grim task of finding victims from the firestorm that followed the crash of a UPS cargo plane in Louisville, Kentucky, has entered a third day.