A large, wide-body UPS cargo plane crashed while it was taking off from a Louisville, Kentucky airport, igniting an enormous fire and injuring “multiple people” on the ground, according to authorities.
According to a statement from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), UPS Flight 2976 crashed on Tuesday at around 5:15 p.m. local time (22:00 GMT).
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No details about any casualties or injuries were disclosed in the initial statement from UPS, which stated that three crew members were present.
Four of the seven confirmed fatalities were not on the aircraft, according to the Associated Press news agency.
After earlier claiming that three people had been confirmed dead and that the death toll was anticipated to rise, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said, “Anyone who has seen the images, the video, knows how violent this crash is.”
“We have at least 11 injuries being treated by neighborhood hospitals, some of which are very serious.” I believe that number will increase, Beshear said once more.
Additionally, Beshear stated that the FAA will assist in the launch of an investigation into the crash.
A large fire was blasted onto the crash site by firefighters, who were filmed on aerial footage, showing a long trail of debris and smoke billowing from the scene.
Beshear claimed that the plane veered off into two nearby auto parts companies and a petroleum recycling company.
A UPS plane crashes at Louisville Airport in an aftermath | Click on the image to read the full report: https://t.co/rKvXXrmvt.
A “shelter-in-place” notice was issued for all locations within an 8km (5 miles) of the airport, according to the Louisville Metro Police Department’s post on social media.
Every emergency agency is responding to the scene, according to the statement. Mayor of Louisville Craig Greenberg stated in a social media post that there are numerous injuries and that the fire is still burning.
According to Greenberg, “the area has many road closures; please avoid the scene.” The collision was described as “an incredible tragedy” for the local community.
With thousands of employees and about 300 cargo flights scheduled each day, UPS Worldport is a global hub for the company’s air cargo operations, which is reportedly the largest package handling facility in the world.
According to the FAA, the plane was a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 that was taking off from Louisville for Honolulu, Hawaii.
The plane had previously flown from Louisville to Baltimore on Tuesday before returning to Louisville, according to flight tracking website FlightRadar24.
The airfield was declared closed following the incident by the Louisville airport.
The Associated Press reported late on Tuesday, shortly after polls closed in a contentious contest that grabbed the attention of the world, that New York City’s Zohran Mamdani had won the race to take the city’s largest city.
The city’s more than 8.4 million residents, an economic and cultural powerhouse with international significance, are in for a historic beckoning after winning on Sunday.
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Mamdani is the city’s first Muslim, first of its kind, and first person of African descent.
Following a day of historic voter turnout, the 34-year-old state assemblyman was scheduled to address a rousing watch party at the Brooklyn Paramount theater later on Tuesday.
But he thanked supporters on Monday for “bringing us this point of making history in this city.”
Mamdani’s historic victory has attracted the support of many of his devoted supporters, but the majority of them have been clear: It is about his laser-focused message of affordability rather than his religion or ethnicity.
The race has also developed a bellwether effect as a bellwether for the future of Democratic politics, with Mamdani representing a potential path forward for the party and former governor Andrew Cuomo representing the wealthy, donor-dominated establishment of the past.
Cuomo’s election on Tuesday was not without words, calling it a “civil war in the Democratic Party that has been raging for a while.”
Cuomo, who lost the Democratic primary to Mamdani in June, said, “You have an extreme radical left that is run by the socialists that is challenging moderate Democrats.”
“And that contest is what you’re seeing here,” you may say.
He claims to be “new and fresh”
Cuomo was spot on when Joshua Wilson, a social worker, cast a ballot for Mamdani in the Bronx’s Mott Haven neighborhood.
“New York and the United States are all the subjects of Donald Trump’s second presidency,” he said. Wilson claimed that everything is politicized and that it is much more vitriolic.
“There’s also a significant push against introducing younger voices. People want to be conservative, but they are really scared. The 33-year-old said that they want to keep things the way they are.
The neighborhood resident, 68, shared the sentiment with Lucy Cordero.
She said, “We’ve seen Cuomo, we know who he is, and he hasn’t been a great person.” Mamdani is a newcomer and fresh, so I chose him. Perhaps he can alter the situation and make some changes.
Megan Marks, a freelancer in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights, claimed Mamdani skews more left than she does.
She nevertheless viewed his bold platform as a diversion from Republican-dominated US presidential politics.
We seem to have nothing to lose, I believe. He is a little young and idealistic, Marks said.
She said, “We could as well balance what is happening in the country by having someone with a very different perspective, so I’ve chosen to support him [Mamdani],” adding that.
[Andrew Hirschfeld/Al Jazeera] Megan Marks
In the final moments of the race, Trump endorsed Cuomo, a move that may have had a negative impact on the electorate.
Even former Cuomo supporters were a little spooky about Mamdani’s campaign.
Alex Lawerance, a 55-year-old Crown Heights lawyer, told Al Jazeera, “In the primary, I did not vote for [Mamdani], but I changed my vote to him after some reflection.”
Although I don’t think [Mamdani] is as progressive, he has integrity, and I believe he will do a good job. I want to give the man a chance.
Iftikar Khan, a driver who was originally from Bangladesh, praised Mamdani’s massive mobilization of Muslim and South Asian voters.
Many people believe that his victory represents a new political renaissance for the city’s Muslim population, who had been experiencing a wave of discrimination following the attacks on September 11, 2001.
Iftikar Khan appears in the Jackson Heights, Queens, polling place [Joseph Stepansky/Al Jazeera]
Support has also been sparked by Mamdani’s unwavering support for Palestinian rights, which is a departure from the mainstream Democrats and former New York City mayors.
“I was persuaded by my family. They genuinely love Mamdani, according to Khan, a registered Republican and Trump supporter who also supported Mamdani on Tuesday.
He claimed that “my family really wanted Mamdani, so I said “OK.”
We’re going to hold him accountable, they say.
How will Mamdani put his ambitious vision into practice remains a subject for debate.
He has pledged free buses, universal childcare, and rent freezes for stabilised units in response to his affordability goal.
His strategy calls for higher corporate taxes on both the wealthy and the poor to fund some of these programs. For that, New York City and the state legislature would need to form a coalition of support.
When he takes office, he will also have to balance his party’s support, including the Democratic Socialists of America, a group that has helped build a volunteer army totaling over 100 000.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, among others, has remained in favor of Mamdani despite Trump’s threats regarding federal funding and the National Guard’s deployment.
Andre Augustine, 33, was unconcerned about the difficulties Mamdani would face in the Bronx.
He said, “I’m not going to say it’s going to be easy, but I believe having a vision is very important.”
“I think it’s going to be difficult, but I also believe we’re going to put a lot of pressure on him,” he said. He said, “We’re going to hold him accountable.”
Here is how things stand on Wednesday, November 5:
Fighting
Russian and Ukrainian troops have fought battles in the ruins of Pokrovsk, a transport and logistics hub in eastern Ukraine, with Ukraine’s military reporting fierce fighting under way in a part of the city that was key for Kyiv’s front-line logistics.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he visited troops fighting near the eastern city of Dobropillia, where Ukrainian forces are conducting a counteroffensive against Russian troops.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that allows the use of military reservists to guard oil refineries after Ukrainian drone strikes have led to fuel shortages in some regions of the country.
Weapons
Putin lauded his country’s development of new weapons, including the Burevestnik cruise missile and Poseidon super torpedo, describing them as faster and more effective, with the Burevestnik said to be capable of reaching more than three times the speed of sound.
Putin also said that Russia was proceeding with the mass production of its Oreshnik missile, which Moscow said was first used to attack Ukraine in November 2024.
Norwegian munitions maker Nammo has signed a letter of intent with a Ukrainian industrial partner to produce, develop and sell ammunition in Ukraine, Norway’s government said.
Sanctions
Kazakhstan’s state-owned oil and gas company Kazmunaygaz and the sanctioned Russian oil and gas firm Lukoil are continuing work on joint projects in accordance with contractual obligations, despite Western sanctions, Russia’s Interfax agency reported.
Politics and diplomacy
Zelenskyy called on Hungarian leader Viktor Orban to stop blocking Kyiv’s bid to join the European Union.
The European Commission said that the EU could welcome new member countries as early as 2030, as it praised Montenegro, Albania, Ukraine and Moldova for their progress on reforms needed to join the bloc.
The EU may need to come up with a bridging solution to keep Ukraine financed in early 2026 if a deal on an EU loan, based on frozen Russian assets held in EU accounts, continues to be delayed, European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity Valdis Dombrovskis said.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is constantly working as a mediator between Ukraine and Russia over Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, including in Zaporizhzhia, IAEA chief Rafael Mariano Grossi said.
A Ukrainian serviceman patrols a front-line position near Chasiv Yar amid the ongoing Russian invasion]Handout: EPA]
According to a researcher at Yale University in the United States, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are digging mass graves in El-Fasher, a city in western Sudan where there have been numerous massacres and displacements since the RSF took control of the area last month.
The RSF “have begun to dig mass graves and gather bodies throughout the city,” according to Nathaniel Raymond, executive director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale’s School of Public Health, on Tuesday.
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According to Raymond, “They are doing the massacre clean up.”
After the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) retreated, which has been fighting the paramilitary group for control of Sudan since April 2023, the RSF seized control of El-Fasher, the state capital, on October 26.
Since the RSF’s takeover, more than 70, 000 people have fled the city and surrounding areas, according to the UN, and there have also been reports of “summary executions,” sexual abuse, and civilian massacres, according to witnesses and human rights organizations.
Additionally, a report from Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab on October 28 revealed “mass killings” since the RSF’s control of El-Fasher, including apparent pools of blood that were visible in satellite imagery.
Additionally, UN officials issued a warning this week that el-Fasher is believed to have trapped thousands of people.
According to Jacqueline Wilma Parlevliet, a senior UN refugee agency (UNHCR) official in Sudan, “the current insecurity continues to impede the delivery of life-saving assistance to those trapped in the city without food, water, and medical care.”
Before the RSF’s full takeover, el-Fasher was already suffering from an 18-month siege imposed by the paramilitary group, according to Sudanese journalist Abdallah Hussain.
Hussain told Al Jazeera from Khartoum, the city’s capital, on Tuesday, that “no medical facilities]were] operating and that no aid was allowed access to the city.” The situation is getting worse for the citizens who are still trapped right now.
The RSF and its supporters have attempted to minimize the atrocities committed in El-Fasher by blaming allied armed groups for their actions as a result of widespread condemnation.
Hemedti, the RSF’s leader, has also promised an investigation.
However, Raymond from the Humanitarian Research Lab stated that “they must leave the city [and] allow UN personnel, the Red Cross, and humanitarians to go house-to-house to see who is still alive.
We can’t let the RSF do their own investigation at this point, he said.
According to Raymond, “more people could have died [in 10 days] than have died in the past two years of the war in Gaza,” according to UN figures and what can be seen on the ground in el-Fasher.
“That’s what we’re talking about,” the statement read. He emphasized that thousands of people require emergency assistance, and he told Al Jazeera, “That’s not hyperbole.”
In a battle between the European giants at Anfield, Liverpool’s Alexis Mac Allister scored a second-half winner to defeat Real Madrid. The team is grateful to goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois for holding the score at a low level.
On his late-season return to Liverpool on Tuesday, Trent Alexander-Arnold received a hostile reception, and the home crowd roared the Reds over the line for what might turn the team’s season into a turning point.
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From their first four league games, both teams are currently tied for ninth place.
Liverpool had lost six of their previous eight games, but Arne Slot’s team selection, which had been more tried and tested, was able to stop the rot with a Saturday victory over Aston Villa.
In the only change from the weekend, Cody Gakpo, who had been replaced, was replaced by Florian Wirtz, who Liverpool looked more like the team that won the Premier League title last year.
Since former Liverpool manager Xabi Alonso took over, Madrid had only lost once this season, winning 5-2 at Atletico Madrid, but they rely on Courtois to avoid a scoreline that was comparable to that of their only previous defeat.
When Los Blancos won the 2022 Champions League final with a man-of-the-match performance, the Belgian broke Liverpool’s hearts in Paris by winning 1-0.
Dominik Szoboszlai, who was a former Chelsea stopper, was a failure to beat the former Chelsea stopper from point blank range, which was the start of Courtois’ busy night.
A VAR review determined that Aurelien Tchouameni’s arm was in a natural position as he blocked a shot inside his own box, saving Madrid.
As Liverpool pressed for the opener, a thunderous Szoboszlai shot put Courtois on the line once more.
When he skewed wide from the edge of the box, Kylian Mbappe wasted the visitors’ best chance to equalize.
Madrid’s excellent campaign start has been largely due to Mbappe’s scintillating form. In his 17 previous games for the club and nation, the French striker had only managed to score once.
When Jude Bellingham jacked clear inside the box and fired a low effort that Giorgi Mamardashvili had blocked with his feet, Madrid’s star-studded forward line managed to pull one back in 45 minutes.
In a blistering opening half, Courtois continued to defy Slot’s men by denying Szoboszlai once more from a free kick as he deflected away powerful headers from Virgil van Dijk and Hugo Ekitike.
The giant Madrid number one was eventually defeated when Mac Allister fired in a header from Szoboszlai’s free kick after an hour-long battle between the English champions.
[Jason Cairnduff/Action Images via Reuters] Mac Allister celebrates scoring with Ekitike.
Nine minutes prior to the start of Alexander-Arnold’s first game since September 16 when he was injured in his hamstrings, a chorus of boos greeted him. In the hours leading up to the game, an Alexander-Arnold mural had been vandalized.
Conor Bradley, Alexander-Arnold’s once-deputy, performed well for Vinicius Junior despite the Spanish giants’ first goal of the season.
For their first Champions League clean sheet of the season, Courtois kept one more impressive stop from Gakpo for a raunchy finale, but Liverpool’s highly critical defense held on.
After the game, Mac Allister declared, “It was a good game against a really good team.”
We know it’s important, but we know it doesn’t mean much because we finished first in the Champions League’s first half last year and then came out a while early. Therefore, we must continue.”
Courtois argued that Madrid needed to play more composed and composed, not to mention making too many errors in the penalty area.
We need to improve against big teams away from home, he said, but “a match like this is determined by the small details.”
Bayern Munich defeated Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 away on Tuesday to show their credentials as early Champions League favorites thanks to Luis Diaz’s two goals and red card. The result was also noteworthy as Bayern Munich recorded 16 victories from 16 games this season.
On the stroke of half-time, the Colombian winger struck twice before being violently offended for a tackle on Achraf Hakimi.
After the break, PSG dominated possession but did not make it fully count, falling to their first defeat in the competition since last season’s quarterfinal second leg defeat Aston Villa.
Brennan Johnson was sent off after scoring the opener for Tottenham, but they still came out on top with a 4-0 win over Copenhagen.
In other matches, Bodo/Glimt defeated Atletico Madrid 3-1, Juventus held on for a 1-1 draw against Sporting, Olympiacos and PSV held on goal, and Monaco held on.
