Overview
- Authorities identified three UPS crew members and 11 people on the ground, many of them customers or employees at Grade A Auto Parts & Scrap Metal Recycling.
- Families have been notified, and the city activated assistance resources, including a hotline and plans for a community resource center.
- NTSB officials say CCTV shows the left engine catching fire and detaching during the takeoff roll; investigators recovered the flight recorders and a preliminary report is expected by early December.
- UPS and FedEx paused MD-11 operations, and the FAA ordered inspections of the model involved pending further corrective actions.
- Officials said the jet carried about 38,000 gallons of fuel, intensifying fires that destroyed multiple industrial buildings, as crews worked to prevent oil from entering groundwater.