Overview
- Officials confirmed 13 fatalities with at least nine people still unaccounted for as search and identification efforts continue.
- NTSB officials say CCTV shows the left engine detaching during the takeoff roll; the cockpit voice and flight data recorders were recovered and data extracted, with last readings around 475 feet.
- UPS identified the three crew members killed as Captain Richard Wartenberg, First Officer Lee Truitt and International Relief Officer Captain Dana Diamond.
- The investigation includes a review of the aircraft’s maintenance history, including FAA records noting a Sept. 18 repair for a crack inside the center wing fuel tank after weeks on the ground in San Antonio.
- A class-action lawsuit was filed against UPS, GE and Boeing alleging failures in maintenance, training and design and seeking damages for widespread losses from the crash.