UPS-owned MD-11 cargo aircraft catch fires on takeoff in Kentucky - multiple fatalities

onetrack · November 5

There has been an utterly disastrous crash of an MD-11 cargo aircraft on takeoff in Kentucky. The fully-loaded and fully-fuelled aircraft departing for Honolulu was fully on fire even before it left the runway.

The MD-11 barely got airborne before crashing into a petroleum recycling facility and an auto parts store, and the travelling wreckage also impacted what appears to be several hundred parked vehicles.

Initial reports are the crew of 3 did not survive, and authorities are saying the death toll is expected to rise, as they find more victims that were on the ground when the aircraft came down.

The blaze is enormous, it's reported the aircraft was carrying 25,000 U.S. gallons of fuel (95,000 litres) and the fuel tanks have obviously ruptured in a major fashion, spreading the fuel far and wide, along with the aircraft wreckage.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ThatsInsane/comments/1oomplt/ups_cargo_plane_explodes_while_taking_off_in/

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https://www.news10.com/video/plane-reportedly-crashes-at-louisville-airport-igniting-blaze/