Sweet Dreams and Flying Machines in Pieces on the Ground
Nov. 4th, 2025 08:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tracker7A UPS air freighter crashed during takeoff this afternoon. I had just swapped a company car for mine at the East Broadway site when I saw the cloud of smoke and noticed some ash on my car. Called Dad and Housemate, drove home with the windows down for a while and probably breathed in some things I shouldn't have. Shelter-in-place orders were issued and just now reduced.
It was a MD-11, loaded for a nonstop to Honolulu. About 40,000 gallons of fuel sprayed along a quarter-mile or so, hitting a petroleum recycling business and an auto salvage yard. The aircrew is dead, 11 injuries reported so far.
I'm a little shaken. I pass by the airport several times a week, and drove through a couple of the access roads to avoid a traffic jam today. This hits home, much more than the commuter jet crash in Lexington several years ago.
https://www.wdrb.com/news/ups-plane-catches-fire-and-explodes-while-taking-off-from-louisvilles-airport/article_9fe53459-c8a1-441a-b576-7954f1bfedcd.html
It was a MD-11, loaded for a nonstop to Honolulu. About 40,000 gallons of fuel sprayed along a quarter-mile or so, hitting a petroleum recycling business and an auto salvage yard. The aircrew is dead, 11 injuries reported so far.
I'm a little shaken. I pass by the airport several times a week, and drove through a couple of the access roads to avoid a traffic jam today. This hits home, much more than the commuter jet crash in Lexington several years ago.
https://www.wdrb.com/news/ups-plane-catches-fire-and-explodes-while-taking-off-from-louisvilles-airport/article_9fe53459-c8a1-441a-b576-7954f1bfedcd.html
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