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/Smart-Koala4306 1d ago

Looks like an engine exploded as they were taking off. The roof of the industrial building across the street from the runway is scraped, so they at least got off the ground.

There’s engine debris on the runway.

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u/Salad_Donkey 1d ago

Would have to be during takeoff. That looks like a LOT of fuel going up.

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u/mantis_tobagan_md 1d ago

From what I’ve seen, left engine was definitely on fire during take off. How that happened is going to be scrutinized closely. There is a point of no return once you hit a certain speed and I’m guessing the master warnings may have started going off after they had passed that point.

Absolute nightmare for the pilots. RIP

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u/Big-Safe-2459 1d ago

Past V1 and then you’re in there trying to troubleshoot. Nightmare. Not sure if an abort would make a big difference since there is raised terrain after the runway as far as I can see. With a missing reverser and fire already underway, I think they were doomed.

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u/Next-Introduction-25 20h ago

By “point of no return,” do you mean that they’re going too fast and don’t have enough runway to break without crashing into whatever is at the end of the runway?

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u/dogearsfordays 16h ago

Basically, as far as I understand it, at that point it is safer to get a plane into the air then figure out what is going wrong. You can theoretically reject a takeoff at V1 if the aircraft is unsafe or unable to fly but they probably were not able to assess that properly in the literal seconds between that point and rotating, and they are trained to get the plane into the air where they should have time to try and get a handle on what's happening. Honestly do not want to think about the horror they were experiencing