The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane crashed about 5:15 p.m. as it was departing for Honolulu from Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport.
Another article from the AP on it: https://apnews.com/article/ups-cargo-plane-explosion-louisville-deaths-af12da7f8611bad0bf0cb664de189250
This is a video post because it’s insane. I wasn’t sure if it was okay to say that in the title:
Here’s more on it: https://apnews.com/article/ups-cargo-plane-explosion-louisville-deaths-af12da7f8611bad0bf0cb664de189250
How tf did it blow up that big?
It was taking off, which means it had all the fuel it could carry.
The reason it blew up so big was because it was headed to Hawaii, and had 38,000 gallons of fuel on board, basically a full load. That much jet fuel then burned, making the fireball.