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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.
The first civilian victims of the UPS plane crash in Kentucky have been named as a grandfather and his three-year-old granddaughter. The jet was departing Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport before one of its wings burst into flames shortly after taking off.
Dozens of 911 calls for a “large explosion” and “lots of black smoke” flooded emergency radio channels in the moments after the UPS cargo plane tore through an industrial park in Kentucky according to new audio from the tragedy, which unfolded just yards away from shocked happy hour goers.
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,
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Robert Sanders left his home two minutes before it was destroyed in the UPS plane crash in Louisville, Ky., on Tuesday, Nov. 4. He said three of his friends died.
At least 13 people were killed and several others injured after a UPS plane crashed shortly after taking off from the Louisville International Airport on Tuesday.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will lead the investigation into the incident.