A fifteenth sufferer has died of accidents sustained within the crash of a UPS plane at Kentucky’s Louisville Muhammad Ali Worldwide Airport on Nov. 4, in accordance with Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear.
“I’m unhappy to share some robust information. Right this moment, we misplaced Alain Rodriguez Colina as a result of his accidents from the usplane crash, bringing our whole loss to fifteen,” Beshear posted on X Thursday night. “Let’s pray for these households right now and within the days, months and years to return in order that they know they aren’t alone and they’re beloved.”
Pictures included in a Nationwide Transportation Security Board report present the second an engine got here off a UPS airplane throughout takeoff in Louisville, Kentucky, on Nov. 4, 2025.
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The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 plane was departing Louisville and headed to Daniel Ok. Inouye Worldwide Airport in Honolulu when the crash occurred. According to the Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB), the plane’s left engine and left pylon separated from the wing simply because the airplane was taking off, catching hearth because it went up and over the fuselage earlier than it hit the bottom.
A fireplace additionally ignited “close to the world of the left pylon attachment to the wing, which continued till floor impression,” the NTSB’s preliminary report said.
The airplane solely ascended about 30 toes earlier than it crashed in a ball of fireside, impacting a storage yard and two buildings, in accordance with the NTSB.
Upon inspection following the crash, the left engine pylon confirmed indicators of fatigue cracks and over-stress failure, the NTSB stated.
On this picture supplied by the U.S. Air Nationwide Guard, members of the Kentucky Nationwide Guard’s forty first Civil Help Group survey the positioning of a deadly airplane crash in Louisville, Ky., on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (Phil Speck/U.S. Air Nationwide Guard by way of AP)
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The three crew members on board and 11 individuals on the bottom had been killed within the crash, officers stated. Moreover, 23 individuals on the bottom had been injured, in accordance with the NTSB.
The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily grounded all MD-11 plane after the crash till they had been inspected. There are about 70 MD-11s in service operated by UPS, FedEx and Western International, in accordance with Boeing, the plane’s producer.
