🔗 Share this article Tragic Update on Cargo Plane Crash: Death Toll Increases to 13 The tally of fatalities from the UPS cargo plane that burst into flames and crashed has reached 13, per recent statements. Mayor's Statement “On my way to the Teamsters’ candlelight gathering, I received word of a thirteenth victim that died as a outcome of the plane incident,” wrote the municipal leader in a social media post. “My heart is with the loved ones, friends and peers of all who were lost in this week’s calamity. We will get through this as one.” Deceased Named A statement from UPS named the pilots operating the aircraft as Captain Richard Wartenberg, Co-pilot Lee Truitt, and International Relief Officer Dana Diamond. “Our thoughts are extended to all staff member who has been impacted and everyone in our Louisville region – assisting you and ensuring you obtain the support and resources you need is our main concern,” the company’s statement stated. Inquiry Details Government investigators announced that the UPS cargo plane’s port side wing caught fire and an engine detached soon after departure from the aviation hub, causing the plane to fall and burst into a fireball. The National Transportation Safety Board has said it is investigating the plane’s service record, which was in the state for fixes a period before the accident. Aviation records revealed the plane was on the runway in the Texas city from early September to last week. “We are knowledgeable that this jet was there in the facility,” remarked an investigator on Thursday, not giving a specific time frame. “We will look at every piece of repairs that was done, even the repair visit, all the way to the date of the trip.” Findings of Critical Evidence The pilot’s recorder and information unit were found, and the motor was located on the tarmac. The devices – called black boxes – were designed to survive accident forces and intense fire from blazes, and they looked to be undamaged when located amid the remains. Officials intend to examining recordings from the recorders. Jet’s last recorded information showed an height of that level and a velocity of 210 mph prior to the crash. Maintenance Record Based on Federal Aviation Administration files dated last month, a fracture on a component in the fuel container demanded fixes. Singapore-based ST Engineering, which stated it supplies structural repairs for the company’s aircraft and manages a maintenance center in Texas, refused to comment, but stated it would assist completely when officials reached out it. Services Resume Meanwhile, the hub services restarted last night with its overnight also known as night sort operation, official a representative confirmed. All three tarmacs at the airport were also reopened. The sorting center in the city is the firm’s biggest. The center employs more than a large number of individuals in the region, manages three hundred flights each day and organizes more than four hundred thousand parcels an hour. Community Support A candlelight vigil was organized on the late afternoon of 6 November by the area Teamsters Union, which represents staff at the Louisville airport, the firm’s largest freight center. Worker representatives, which represents staff, started the gathering with a moment of silence at 5.14pm, the rough hour of the incident two days earlier. “This tragedy was so sudden, so unforeseen,” the leader spoke to the crowd of two hundred. “No one had a moment to bid farewell to any of those who we have said farewell to.”