HORRIFYING footage shows the Louisville jet on fire moments before it crashed – with local media reporting the terrifying explosion may have been caused by an engine issue. In the

After the UPS jet crash in Louisville, the Mayor claimed it carried 280,000 gallons of fuel, but experts noted the MD-11 holds only about 36,000.

A UPS cargo flight 2976 crashed around 5:15 ET after it took off from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, Kentucky, en route to Honolulu, Secretary of the US Department of Transportation Sean Duffy said. The aircraft was a McDonnell Douglas MD-11.

The jet engines are just the most recent upgrade to Russia’s KAB arsenal. In 2023, the Russian armed forces started fitting wings and guidance kit on these “dumb bombs” weighing between 250kg and 3 tonnes. That allowed them to glide for dozens of kilometres before exploding and leaving craters up to 20 metres wide and 6 metres deep.

A large UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded Tuesday after taking off from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. The incident resulted in three fatalities and eleven injuries. The plane was en route to Honolulu.

A UPS cargo plane was carrying 280,000 gallons of jet fuel when it crashed into a petrol recycling plant. Police and fire crews were called to the scene, near the Louisville Muhammad Ali