At least 3 dead and 11 injured and numbers expected to increase.
Wires reporting apart from the 3 crew, 4 on the ground killed, with that number expected to rise.
From the video it looks like it could easily have been much worse, in terms of casualties.
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Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg has confirmed the death toll has risen to at least 11 and could increase further to 12 or more, with several people still missing.
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Just thankful it wasnât a passenger flight.
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Concur.
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Brake fire on a Virgin 737 in Brisbane.
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FAA grounds MD-11 planes after deadly Kentucky crash
Updated on: November 8, 2025 / 6:13 PM EST / CBS/AP
The Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday ordered MD-11 and MD-11F aircrafts to be grounded as authorities investigate the deadly UPS plane crash in Kentucky.
The emergency airworthiness directive came after UPS and FedEx said they are voluntarily grounding their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo planes âout of an abundance of cautionâ following a deadly crash at the UPS global aviation hub in Louisville.
The FAAâs order was issued âbecause the agency has determined the unsafe condition is likely to exist or develop in other products of the same type design,â the document obtained by CBS News read.
âWe are assessing any potential safety issues and will ensure appropriate corrective actions are taken,â the agency said in a statement.
The crash on Tuesday at UPS Worldport killed 14 people, including the three pilots on the MD-11 that was headed for Honolulu. National Transportation Safety Board official Todd Inman said Thursday that the crashed plane was a 1991 McDonnell Douglas 2 that had been âalteredâ into a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Freighter.
MD-11 aircrafts make up about 9% of of the UPS airline fleet and 4% of the FedEx fleet, the companies said.
âWe made this decision proactively at the recommendation of the aircraft manufacturer,â a UPS statement said late Friday. âNothing is more important to us than the safety of our employees and the communities we serve.â
FedEx said in an email that it will be grounding the aircrafts while it conducts âa thorough safety review based on the recommendation of the manufacturer.â
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Turkish C130E (1968) breaks up and crashes on the Georgian / Azerbaijani border.
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You go to the FAA website: âAttention: The DRS staff is on intermittent recall from furlough status to perform only excepted activities during the government shutdownâŚ..â
There is something mesmerizing bout watching those spirals as what is left of the plane spinning down. I hope there are survivors, but l doubt there will be.
Nope, all 20 onboard perished.
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How horrific, looking at that broken up plane spinning around 
Would have been horrific for those onboard.
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