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Investigators look into ‘repeating bell’ heard during takeoff of UPS cargo plane that crashed
Investigators say a repeating bell sounded as pilots tried to control a UPS cargo plane upon takeoff before it crashed in Louisville, Kentucky, this week.
The death toll in the Nov. 4 UPS plane crash has risen to 14, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg confirmed in a social media post Nov. 7.
Dozens of federal aviation investigators are on the ground in Louisville searching the crash site's debris field, which covers nearly a half-mile area.
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 from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky on Tuesday, killing the three pilots on board and at least 10 people on the ground, officials said Friday based on preliminary information.
A team of investigators arrived in Louisville, Kentucky, Wednesday to look into what led to the fiery crash of a UPS cargo plane shortly after it took off from the Louisville airport Tuesday, killing at least 13 people and destroying businesses and other structures in the area.