UPS MD-11 Crash in SDF

[nunya]

Looks like a UPS jet is down near SDF.   😢

https://www.wlky.com/article/plane-crash-explosion-louisville-airport/69255042

 

edit: UPS2976

[ClearedHot]

MD-11 - Not good.

Really ungood - Takeoff incident.  Engine was on fire.  A friend at the airport says approximately 10 city blocks near the airport are on fire near the airport.

 

 

[brabus]

Holy shit, prayers for all affected. So weird to see it post-rotate and not climb at all.

[jonlbs]

RIP to the crew and those on the ground.

[DirkDiggler]

Hope I’m wrong but that looks bad

[Biff_T]

Bummer.

[Lord Ratner]

You can see what looks like compressor stalls on the number 2 engine right at the beginning of the video. Number 1 exploded and FOD'd out the tail engine, which explains the lack of climb. 180k lbs of fuel. There was nothing the crew could do. So fucking sad. 

[FourFans]

This is heart breaking for the bros here at Brown.  The MD crew force is packed with a great dudes.  

[nunya]

No names yet?

[FourFans]

11 hours ago, nunya said:

No names yet?

I wouldn't expect them anytime soon.  ID and NOK notification have to occur, and it appears the aircraft crashed into occupied buildings.

[HeyEng]

One of the pilots was a Squadron Mate of mine but his name hasn’t officially been released yet. 
I was an FE on the DC-10 for about a year and I don’t know if the MD-11 was similar but I was never impressed with the aircraft especially the slat system. 
For an aircraft that was so dependent on leading edge slats there was a lack of backups to prevent them from retracting if you lost hydraulics!

Pictures have surfaced of the number one engine and nacelle cowl laying off the side of the runway and I have heard from the grapevine that another engine was damaged as well. 

[Swizzle]

3 hours ago, HeyEng said:

One of the pilots was a Squadron Mate of mine but his name hasn’t officially been released yet. 
I was an FE on the DC-10 for about a year and I don’t know if the MD-11 was similar but I was never impressed with the aircraft especially the slat system. 
For an aircraft that was so dependent on leading edge slats there was a lack of backups to prevent them from retracting if you lost hydraulics!

Pictures have surfaced of the number one engine and nacelle cowl laying off the side of the runway and I have heard from the grapevine that another engine was damaged as well. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_232

https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/DCA89MA063.aspx