A United Parcel Service (UPS) MD11 cargo flight departing Louisville KY for Hawaii crashed soon after takeoff. Crew and a few on ground are known to have died. Early information is that one of engines separated from the airplane. Later analyses are sure to examine UPS maintenance procedures. Current govt shutdown has crimped air traffic control staffing, we can expect connections to be suggested. But I think this is not related to that.
Concur. I was working in my elections side-hustle at the time, when the story broke, and it looked like an uncased engine failure or similar event after V1. We will know 'all of the things' in due time.
Reddit has had a good discussion with pilots on V1 and how it's the absolute worst moment for engine problems because you can no longer abort the take off and your plane is fully loaded with fuel. Evidently the plane was taking packages to Hawaii so it had full tanks. My friend who works in a hotel in downtown Louisville heard the explosion and everyone was ordered to shelter in place for a little while.
My first thought, I have to admit, makes me feel as if I am a total %&*@!, as I sort of thought, good thing I don't have anything coming UPS. A moment later I thought what I jerk I was....not even thinking about the people killed and hurt.
The way you senselessly mass murder yellow Jackets every Summer for no good reason has already established your no good total %&*@! reputation long ago.
