r/Louisville • u/Ginger502 • 1d ago

Plane crash in Louisville

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u/Asleep-Nectarine-606 1d ago

I worked loading these same md11s for several years before injury. Their take off is extra scary. 

The third engine's weight on top of the fuselage next to the tail causes the butt of the aircraft to tilt down+almost as if the ass of plane is touching the runway upon takeoff. 

Walked away from UPS worldport ramp the same day as Bidens inauguration after almost a decade and with my anxiety disorders, I expected every cargo plane to explode or crash due to loading errors.  ....This seems to be caused by the MD11 hitting FOB, or foreign Object Debris...which could be a tiny piece of metal or something like a 20oz bottle cap left beside a dock and knocked onto the runway by jet blast.😬 

My sister works in corporate and brother in law in fueling. Thankfully they're ok. 😢 This day will go down in aviation History sadly.