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Angela Anderson was close to the crash landing of the UPS planeProvider: Facebook A mother is feared to be dead after she was caught in the huge blast radius of the UPS plane that crashed on takeoff killing 12. Angela Anderson, 45, is still missing after she went to dump metal at a salvage yard at the same time as UPS Flight 2976 tore through exploding into a huge fireball at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday. Rescuers are losing hope of finding survivors of the inferno which consumed the enormous aircraft and spread to nearby businesses – including a scrap yard that Ms Anderson had chosen to visit. Her boyfriend, Donald Henderson, 55, said he was supposed to have been with her when the plane crashed, but was too tired after a long day of work. ‘We’ve been meaning to do it, but [I’ve] been working every day,’ Henderson told WDRB. A trucker caught the moment the plane crashed into an industrial ‘I told her I’d take her and it was 4:30[pm]. I was like: “It’s too late by the time we get over there.”‘ The mother-of-two told him she’d ‘take care of it’ and went ahead by herself. She hasn’t been heard from since. After being cleared for takeoff, a large fire developed in the left wing, said Todd Inman, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation. The plane gained enough altitude to clear the fence at the end of the runway before crashing just outside. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page The crash had a devastating ripple effect, striking and causing smaller explosions at Kentucky Petroleum Recycling and hitting an auto salvage yard, Grade A Auto Parts. A child who died was with a parent at the parts business. ‘I didn’t know if we were getting attacked. I didn’t know what was going on,’ said Summer Dickerson, who works nearby. The plane had nearly 300,000 gallons of fuel onboard adding to a huge explosion Stooges Bar and Grill bartender Kyla Kenady said lights suddenly flickered as she took a beer to a customer on the patio. ‘I saw a plane in the sky coming down over top of our volleyball courts in flames,’ she said. ‘In that moment, I panicked. I turned around, ran through the bar screaming, telling everyone that a plane was crashing.’ Manager Lynn Cason said explosions, only about 100 yards (90 meters) away, shook the building three times — ‘like somebody was bombing us’— but no one there was injured. ‘God was definitely with us,’ Cason said. Smoke rises billowing over Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (Picture: AFP) Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg announced on the social platform X on Wednesday evening that the death toll had risen to 12, saying, ‘Please take a moment to hug your loved ones and check on your neighbours.’ The governor predicted that the death toll would rise, saying authorities were looking for a ‘handful of other people’ but “we do not expect to find anyone else alive.’ Mark Little, chief of the Okolona Fire District in Louisville, said debris would have to be moved and searched, adding: ‘It will take us quite a while.’ University of Louisville Hospital said two people were in critical condition in the burn unit. Eighteen people were treated and discharged at that hospital or other health care centres.
