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re: UPS plane crashes in Louisville?

Posted on 11/4/25 at 4:59 pm to
Posted by forkedintheroad
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 4:59 pm to
What the hell, they tried to climb with an engine ablaze?
Posted by ob1pimpbobi
College Station
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 4:59 pm to
That video is insane.
Posted by Kcrad
Diamondhead
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 4:59 pm to
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With no air traffic controllers to guide the planes, what could go wrong?
They are working in case you didn't know.
Posted by GrammarKnotsi
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 4:59 pm to
Posted by DevilDogTiger
RTWFY!
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 4:59 pm to
quote:

I think UPS uses their own controllers

That’s not how it works
Posted by Old Money
LSU
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:00 pm to
frick. That is bad
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:01 pm to
Looks like a pretty heavy commercial/industrial area.

Posted by goldennugget
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:02 pm to
Louisville Airport is not in a good area, just south of UL and lots of industrial places around and a Ford Plant/GE plant
Posted by Riverside
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:02 pm to
They are closing air space because many ATCs are having to work temporary jobs and calling out.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:03 pm to
quote:

What the hell, they tried to climb with an engine ablaze?


What would you want them to do, hit the brakes?

It clearly happened during takeoff
Posted by BluegrassBelle
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Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:03 pm to
quote:


Looks like a pretty heavy commercial/industrial area.



You basically have the airport right next to I-65, UofL, one of two major Ford plants, CSX shipyards, all in that general area.

The residential is close but since they built UPS Worldport there's a decent barrier around it and doesn't look like it went into any of the residential over there.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
175379 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:03 pm to
quote:

UPS plane crashes in Louisville?

Can definitely remove the question mark from the thread title.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
111884 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:04 pm to
Waiting for a dumbass Dem to blame Trump for this.

Or a dumbass Republican to blame Schumer and the Senate Dems.
Posted by Crawdaddy
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:04 pm to
Buffalo Trace just increased prices
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
105852 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:06 pm to
Just got an update that they're extending the shelter in place:

quote:

Update: The shelter in place has been revised. New shelter in place from the Airport - northbound to the Ohio River. Avoid smoke from the incident - Louisville Metro Government


Posted by civiltiger07
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2011
14975 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:07 pm to
We are eating off of Bardstown road and the place we are staying is in the current lockdown area. Guess I’ll be going get a few neat pours.
This post was edited on 11/4/25 at 5:08 pm
Posted by Pettifogger
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:08 pm to
Posted by LSU Grad Alabama Fan
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:08 pm to
I just checked flight aware. News helicopters keep circling an area just south of the airport and west of I-65.
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Posted by forkedintheroad
Member since Feb 2025
1326 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:09 pm to
quote:

What would you want them to do, hit the brakes?

It clearly happened during takeoff



The fire looked fully involved at the start of that video, implying it would have been noticeable for a long time before.

I'd guess the pilots aren't looking at the engine during takeoff but surely that's what the tower is for.

Just looks like something was missed here.
Posted by AUFANATL
Member since Dec 2007
4999 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 5:10 pm to
quote:

What the hell, they tried to climb with an engine ablaze?


Once you hit the point of no return (V1, rotate) it's pretty much try to take off with one engine or crash and die anyway.

Of course we don't know when the engine caught on fire or what they did at that moment so it's possible someone screwed up.

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