Overview
- Louisville’s mayor said a hospitalized victim died Thursday, bringing the confirmed toll from UPS Flight 2976 to 13.
- Preliminary NTSB findings indicate a fire on the left wing before the left engine detached during takeoff, with the last recorded altitude at 475 feet.
- UPS named the three crew members killed as Captain Richard Wartenberg, First Officer Lee Truitt, and Captain Dana Diamond.
- The McDonnell Douglas MD-11, fueled for a flight to Honolulu, crashed about 5 km from the airport near a recycling facility and destroyed buildings.
- Officials are still searching the wreckage and report several people unaccounted for, while a fundraising post says at least one survivor remains in critical condition with severe burns.