Video released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Thursday shows the aftermath of the deadly crash of a United Parcel Service (UPS) cargo plane.
The Boeing MD-11 crashed shortly after takeoff from Muhammed Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, killing the three crew on board and at least ten other people on the ground. The video shows burned-out vehicles and buildings where the aircraft crashed.
The video shows investigators mapping out the scene of the crash, including the use of drones that took aerial footage of the aftermath of the crash, showing the devastation on the ground.
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“This was worse than the movies,” Democratic Mayor Craig Greenberg of Louisville told NBC News Thursday. “Half a mile long, standing there where you could just see the destruction, the charred mangled metal, some cases at that point, there were still some smoke rising piles of debris.”
At least four of the 18 buildings owned by Sean Garber, who owned auto parts and scrap metal recycling businesses, were destroyed when the aircraft crashed while carrying 38,000 gallons of fuel.
“There was a huge ball of fire and massive multiple explosions occurring all around and obviously people running and screaming,” Garber said.
The NTSB recovered the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the aircraft and a search to locate the nine people still missing is continuing, NTSB member Todd Inman told NBC News.
“Our first and foremost priority is recovery of those who are still missing,” Inman said. “This investigation is not impeding that in any way.”
NTSB will hold a briefing Friday afternoon to provide an update on the investigation, the agency posted on X.
The MD-11 was built by McDonnell-Douglas before the company merged with Boeing, and can reach a top speed of 597 miles per hour and has a range of over 8,200 miles, according to FleugzeugInfo.net. Two hundred of the aircraft were built between 1990 and 2000.
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