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A UPS cargo jet burst into flames and crashed shortly after takeoff from Louisville's Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday, killing at least nine people and injuring eleve
The MD-11 that exploded spent much of September and October at ST Engineering at San Antonio International Airport. The company maintains the carrier's fleet.
Here’s what flight data tell about plane’s final moments: 5:02 p.m.: UPS Flight 2976 pushes back from a dock at the UPS Worldport near the center of the airport and begins traveling northwest on ramp 5S toward a taxiway. 5:07 p.m.: The cargo jet holds on ramp 5S near a ramp access road.
UPS has grounded its fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-11s, the type of plane involved in Tuesday’s deadly crash in Louisville, Kentucky, the company confirmed Friday. Now, the FAA is ordering an investigation into those planes before they can fly again.