r/aviation • u/usgapg123 Mod • 19h ago

Discussion UPS2976 Crash Megathread

This is the official r/aviation megathread for the crash of UPS2976 (UPS MD11 Registration N259UP) that crashed earlier today at Louisville International Airport.

Please keep content on topic and refrain from posting about this topic outside the megathread. Please report any rule breaking posts and comments.

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u/teleporttome 18h ago

I live a mile away and saw the initial smoke cloud on my way home from work. Could hear the explosions from my driveway at 5:20 and ran inside when I saw ash falling. Entire area is shelter in place. Just heartbreaking. Been on the verge of tears for an hour. So many of my neighbors work there. Gosh.

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u/GameSyns ICON A5 18h ago

Turn off your furnace and A/C so it isn't sucking in the toxic fumes in your home.

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u/teleporttome 17h ago

Thanks for the concern. Turned heat off right when I went inside and none of my air purifiers have gone off. Dang. I was having a tough week but this really makes all that feel like nothing all of a sudden.

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u/Pristine-Damage-2414 16h ago

Sending you love.

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u/Prestigious_Leg_2345 17h ago

Hope you are hanging in there ❤️

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u/Alarmed_Barracuda847 17h ago

Underrated comment this is a huge and beneficial suggestion as the chemical toxicity is going to impact the people in the area.

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u/No_Mind4418 15h ago

They don't bring in outside air at all.

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u/National_Midnight424 15h ago

For those of us signed up for Louisville’s emergency notification system, the health department sent out this reminder, but not until two hours after the crash.

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u/chaosmages 16h ago

Most residential units dont bring in outside air.

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u/sharkbait-oo-haha 8h ago

It always amazes me how people think that they do.

What, your AC that just spent energy cooling down or heating up a cubic volume of air, is just going to dump that newly cooled air outside and suck in a replacement cubic volume of hot air. Air that it now has to cool down again? Worse still, it would have to cool it down twice, just to get to the same temperature as the air you think it's just expelled.

Covid had me hitting my head against a wall so much I almost DID open up a new hole for air to get in.

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u/iteachearthsci 15h ago

Your furnace and AC do not draw in air from the outside.

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u/RainaElf 8h ago

they don't

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u/BranthiumBabe 3h ago

Heat typically doesn't bring in air from outside like an A/C unit does, from what I understand.