Death Toll Hits 12 in UPS Cargo Plane Crash Near Louisville
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Haunting similarities can be found between the UPS jet crash and the deadliest aviation incident in U.S. history, a crash at O'Hare Airport in 1979.
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The UPS freighter that crashed in Louisville was a 34-year old jet. While that’s old for a passenger plane, that’s not so unusual in the world of air cargo.
Determining the cause of the crash will be part of an already-in-progress National Transportation Safety Board investigation.
UPS has been working towards sunsetting the MD-11F fleet it owns, which includes the last airframe of the type ever made, but it still flies 27 examples to this day. So, on the heels of a terrible crash that killed at least 12 people, the question is, why does UPS still rely on such antiquated cargo jets?
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.