"Video showed the plane's left wing was on fire when it took off, moments before it crashed into an industrial area at the end of the runway. The plane, bound for Honolulu and fully loaded with fuel, shredded the roof of one large building before erupting into a fireball near a metal recycling business. The fire chief said the blaze stretched nearly a city block."
"Package sorting at UPS' mammoth handling facility in Louisville remained shut down Wednesday. The hub - called UPS Worldport - employs thousands of workers, handles 300 flights daily and sorts more than 400,000 packages an hour. "We all know somebody who works at UPS," Louisville Metro Council member Betsy Ruhe said. "And they're all texting their friends, their family, trying to make sure everyone is safe.""
Video showed the plane's left wing was on fire during takeoff, moments before it crashed into an industrial area at the end of the runway. The plane was bound for Honolulu and fully loaded with fuel when it shredded the roof of a large building and erupted into a fireball near a metal recycling business. The blaze stretched nearly a city block. The aircraft narrowly missed a restaurant bar and crashed not far from a convention center and a Ford auto assembly plant where hundreds were working. Several people on the ground were killed and about a dozen were injured. Authorities searched the industrial area for additional victims. Flights into and out of Louisville were interrupted and UPS halted package sorting at its Worldport hub while the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate.
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