UPS plane crashes at Louisville airport

Yes, he flew it into the crash as far as he could and then physics took over. A nightmare scenario. Sorry for the loss of your friend and the others affected.

I am truly sorry for the loss of the crew who started their work day with expectation of delivering their aircraft and cargo that night in Hawaii. I will be following with great interest the course of the investigation as to how and why this event happened.

Condolences from a fellow p car guy. Just awful watching the video.

Condolences to you Frank

RIP Richard and all those taken by this tragedy

I'm so sorry.

So Sorry for your loss.There was probably nothing more whatsoever that the pilots could have done. Sorry for all lives lost and all affected every way.

Juan Brown is my go-to source for events like this.

Thank you very much for these links. Even a person with practically zero knowledge of the field (except for having had a father who was an aeronautical reliability engineer so some of the terms are familiar) can understand the explanations, and the clarity these videos convey is extremely helpful.

Thanks for the links.

Amen to that!

I found him by accident. I was watching his updates on the Oroville dam fiasco several years ago after having one of his videos pop up while I was YouTube-binging. From there I saw that he liked motorcycles and off-roading, which I also love, and that he was a pilot that owned his own aircraft. I was sold after that. He feels like an old friend. He was made for this kind of reporting.

Corporate media has failed, and Juan has filled the void, at least when it comes to aviation.

A few other observers have noticed that, too. If they even lost partial power in #2, there wouldn't be enough energy to stay airborne. Though with a huge fire like that, I don't think they could have gotten back to the field. A no-win situation.

Reminds me of AA 191

omg same thing

Same thing I was thinking when I seen the video. FOD? Birds?

I fear that the engine in the tail (#2) evidenced ingestion of debris. One video shows a flash in that area.
Sadly the flight was doomed. Too reminiscent of Concorde.

improper procedure reattaching engine to wing by AA maintenance. engine rotated up and over wing busting control cables....left wing stopped flying... when faced with similar situation in simulations 9 out of 10 pilots reduced power as instructed in manuals...all crashed...one pilot jammed power to max and "survived".... wonder if paint on #1 contributed here?

Not loss of controls… a design defect of the DC-10 at that time required hydraulic pressure to keep the wing slats deployed, there was no mechanical lock. When the engine separated from the aircraft it depressurized one of the three systems, the one that kept one set of slats deployed, the aircraft was otherwise flyable. With the loss of pressure the slats then retracted on one side causing a lift asymmetry. Simultaneously the crew acted according to their training and reduced speed to the published engine out climb speed but because the basic assumption of that calculation of the configuration of the wings was no longer valid they flew the classic ‘vmc maneuver’ resulting in the crash. Had they not reduced speed to the engine out speed, the aircraft would have been flyable and the safe return to Chicago would have been the likely outcome. As a result of this accident, when one encounters an engine failure the procedure now is maintain the existing airspeed or engine out speed, whichever is greater.

I doubt they knew the engine was fully engulfed with fire. Had they known this, I can imagine they would have absolutely rejected take-off no matter how fast they were going.

Clickable link:

"https://www.wdrb.com/news/ups-plane-catches-fire-and-explodes-while-taking-off-from-louisvilles-airport/article_9fe53459-c8a1-441a-b576-7954f1bfedcd.html"

Now wait just a minute, sister. We are talking the deep South here, and that would be socialistic guvmint interference with our frontiersmen rights. (grin)

In the FAA briefing #3 yesterday they said the pylon was still attached to engine #1.

The Dc 10 and DC 11 have always been two pieces of junk. Between them, only B-29's killed more people.

No one is blaming ATC for an engine falling off!

I live 10 miles from SDF and have not seen any reports blaming ATC.

Thanks for that...