LOUISVILLE, Ky (WDRB) -- Louisville airport officials briefed Kentucky lawmakers Tuesday on the response to the UPS crash that killed 14 people earlier this month.
Dan Mann, executive director of the Louisville Regional Airport Authority, spoke at the Air Mobility and Aviation Economic Development Taskforce meeting, a chance to update Kentucky legislators on the tragic crash.
He said within 48 hours of the UPS plane crash, everyone worked together to get the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport fully operational. He also thanked the federal officers who helped support the airport.
"I've got to give a special shoutout to my team that trained for this," Mann said. "They had $2 million worth of equipment, foam, first on the scene, mutual aid partners. None of this would have happened so quickly without all the partners, all the response."
Investigators say the UPS plane got only 30 feet into the air before it crashed and burst into flames, hitting several businesses just south of the airport.
Fourteen people were killed, and 23 others were injured. Plane parts recovered by investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board from the crash site showed fractures on lugs from the left pylon holding the engine onto the plane.
The NTSB is still investigating. Cleanup still continues at the crash site.
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