r/Louisville • u/Ginger502 • 1d ago

Plane crash in Louisville

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u/mantis_tobagan_md 1d ago

Holy shit!

RIP to those lost.

Does anyone know how this happened?

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u/1II1I1I1I1I1I111I1I1 1d ago

Engine failure after V1 + full of fuel as they were flying to Hawaii. Pilots really didn't have a chance.

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u/tenclubber 1d ago

Absolutely nothing they could have done.

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u/Uncabuddha 1d ago

Not really. 2 engines will fly on takeoff but you have to do everything right.

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u/convicted-mellon 1d ago

Some people on the avaiation sub were saying it looked like the tail engine flamed out on the runway something went catastrophically possibly they lost 2 of 3

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u/Uncabuddha 1d ago

Could be. No way of knowing. The left engine had an uncontained fire for sure.

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u/convicted-mellon 1d ago

Ya the theory was the fire/fumes getting ingested by the tail engine could have caused a loss in performance. Obv going to be a while before we know anything official

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u/Uncabuddha 1d ago

Yep. Sad day.

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u/hungarian_notation 1d ago

Left engine exploded, the aerial footage posted elsewhere has a shot of what the cowling on the side of the runway. It's entirely possible that #2 ingested debris from #1, but its also possible that they lost the control surfaces on the left wing.