Vigil held for victims of UPS plane crash

Two days after a deadly UPS plane disaster, a candlelight vigil was held Thursday in Louisville, Ky., to remember the victims and thank first responders, while teams still worked to find or identify people caught in the crash and subsequent firestorm.

- By BrucE SCHREINER AND DyLaNn LovAN

“Our hope is that we have located all of the victims at this point. But again, we do not know,” Mayor Craig Greenberg said earlier in the day.

The inferno destroyed the enormous plane and spread to nearby businesses, killing at least 13 people, including a child and three UPS crew members on the cargo hauler. No one expects to find survivors in the crash at UPS Worldport, the company’s global aviation hub.

The plane had been cleared for takeoff Tuesday when a large fire developed in the left wing and an engine fell off, said Todd Inman, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation.

Meanwhile, UPS Worldport operations resumed Wednesday night with its Next Day Air, or night sort, operation, spokesperson Jim Mayer said.

“Our goal is to begin returning the network to anormal cadence,” Mayer said.