While she talked to my wife, the Louisville native, I quickly got onto one of the Louisville news sites and found this:
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At first it was unclear whether it was a passenger jet or a cargo jet, as one of UPS' primary hubs is based in Louisville, but it shortly confirmed that it was a UPS cargo jet bound for Honolulu that crashed on takeoff.
From CBS News.
From NBC's Today Show.
For those who don't know exactly where Muhammad Ali Airport is located, it's immediately south and west of the Kentucky State Fairgrounds, Churchill Downs, and the University of Louisville (which is located in what is known as "Old Louisville"). South of the airport is an industrial area, which included an auto parts place and a petroleum recycling facility, both of which took a direct hit from the crash.
The city was under a shelter-in-place order, that has gradually shrunk overnight to encompass the immediate crash area. As of this morning, the airport has reopened. No
It's the sort of nightmare you really just push into the dark recesses of your mind and try not to think about, especially when you realize that once the crew had committed to takeoff there was absolutely nothing they could have done once they discovered the plane was on fire. There's simply not enough runway to stop a fully loaded jet going 200+ miles per hour.
As for my youngest, she made it back home safely and sheltered in place as requested. She's back at work today as the shelter-in-place is now down to a 1/2 mile radius around the crash.
Glad your youngest is ok. Flying is absolutely the safest way to get anywhere, likely save riding on a train*, but when it goes wrong it does so dramatically.
ReplyDelete*I was once on a passenger train that got into an accident. If the train hadn't slowed down after the accident none of us would have even realized it happened. Vaporized a large truck full of produce (the next size down from a semi) and you couldn't feel anything at all on the train itself.
Oh, I believe it about trains. Episodes of Mythbusters aside, usually about once a year you see on the news about some idiot that thought they could beat a train when the lights are flashing and the gates down. Operation Lifesaver ain't gonna save stupid, unfortunately.
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