🔗 Share this article

The total count of lives lost from the UPS cargo plane which burst into flames and crashed has now risen to 13, per recent announcements.

City Leader's Statement

“On my way to the Union’s vigil, I received word of a additional fatality that died as a consequence of the UPS flight 2976 accident,” wrote the municipal leader in a public communication. “My heart is with the loved ones, friends and co-workers of all who were taken in this recently occurred calamity. We will get through this as one.”

Victims Confirmed

A release from the carrier named the pilots aboard the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 as Captain Richard Wartenberg, First Officer Lee Truitt, and International Relief Officer Dana Diamond.

“Our thoughts go out to every UPSer who has been touched and everyone in our Louisville region – supporting you and guaranteeing you obtain the support and resources you need is our main concern,” the organization’s statement expressed.

Probe Findings

Federal investigators disclosed that the jet’s wing ignited and an motor detached shortly after takeoff from the aviation hub, causing the jet to crash and burst into a fireball.

The safety agency has said it is investigating the plane’s maintenance history, that was in Texas for fixes several weeks before the accident.

Flight tracking information revealed the jet was on the runway in that location from early September to mid-October.

“We are knowledgeable that this jet was located in San Antonio,” remarked an NTSB member on the following day, without providing a precise period. “We will examine each aspect of maintenance that was performed, including the repair visit, right up to the time of the flight.”

Retrieval of Key Components

The pilot’s recorder and data recorder were retrieved, and the motor was discovered on the runway.

The units – known as black boxes – were constructed to withstand accident forces and extreme temperatures from infernos, and they seemed to be intact when discovered amid the wreckage. Authorities intend to analyzing information from the black boxes.

Aircraft’s last data recordings displayed an height of 475 ft and a speed of that speed before the impact.

Maintenance Record

Per Federal Aviation Administration files dated 18 September, a fracture on a component inside the center wing fuel tank required repairs.

Singapore-based ST Engineering, which stated it offers structural repairs for the company’s jet and manages a service location in San Antonio, declined to provide remarks, but expressed it would cooperate fully when investigators reached out it.

Activities Resume

Meanwhile, the hub services continued last night with its express also known as night sort procedure, official Jim Mayer stated. Each of the three landing strips at the airport were additionally back in operation.

The sorting center in the city is the company’s largest. The hub engages over 20,000 workers in the locality, processes 300 trips each day and sorts more than 400,000 packages an hour.

Public Support

A candlelight vigil was held on the late afternoon of recently by the regional worker’s group, which acts for workers at the airfield, the company’s primary freight center.

The union chapter, which supports staff, began the memorial with a moment of silence at that time, the estimated moment of the incident before.

“This incident was so sudden, so unexpected,” the leader told the assembly of 200. “No one had a opportunity to part to any one of those who we have said farewell to.”