Two days after a deadly UPS plane disaster, a candlelight vigil was held Thursday in Louisville, Kentucky, to remember the victims and thank first responders, while teams still worked to find or identify people caught in the crash and subsequent firestorm.
The inferno destroyed the enormous plane and spread to nearby businesses, killing at least 13 people, including a child and three UPS crew 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.
All three runways at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport were also open again.
Teamsters Local 89, which represents UPS workers, hosted a candlelight vigil, which began with a moment of silence at 5:14 p.m., the approximate time of the crash two days earlier.
Greenberg disclosed that the death toll had risen to 13.
UPS, meanwhile, released the names of three people who died in the plane: Capt. Richard Wartenberg, First Officer Lee Truitt and International Relief Officer Capt. Dana Diamond, all members of the Independent Pilots Association.
Bob Travis, a UPS pilot and the union’s president, told vigil attendees that the work of emergency responders, public officials and the community has been “absolutely overwhelming and amazing.”
“Everybody’s seen the video,” he said of the crash. “It’s hard not to.”

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