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News Wrap: Wing caught fire and engine fell off UPS plane before crash, investigators say

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In our news wrap Wednesday, federal officials say the wing of a UPS cargo plane caught fire and its engine fell off just before it crashed after takeoff in Louisville, Secretary of State Rubio briefed House and Senate leadership about the Trump administration's strikes on alleged drug boats and a raid involving a toddler is raising questions about the tactics being used by immigration agents. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

And we start today's other news in Kentucky. Federal safety officials say the wing of a UPS cargo plane caught fire and its engine fell off just before it crashed after takeoff yesterday.

0:11.6

Video shows a trail of smoke cutting across the sky in Louisville. After the plane burst into flames, at least 11 people were killed and more than a dozen injured.

0:20.7

Kentucky Governor Andy Bashir says the plane narrowly missed a local restaurant and a major Ford factory nearby.

0:27.6

But the city's mayor said this afternoon the damage is still devastating.

0:31.6

The impact and intensity of the wreckage, of the charred wreckage is unlike anything I've ever seen before.

0:42.3

The vast size of the debris field where the plane crashed in flames is completely heartbreaking.

0:51.3

The plane was fully loaded with fuel for a flight to Honolulu when it went down.

0:56.0

The airport has since resumed operations, but UPS has warned that some deliveries could be delayed.

1:02.0

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefed House and Senate leadership today about the Trump administration

1:08.0

strikes on alleged drugboats in the Caribbean and the Pacific.

1:11.5

The meeting comes a day after Defense Secretary Pete Hagezeth posted video of the latest deadly strike,

1:17.0

which he said killed two people in the eastern Pacific.

1:20.3

It's the 16th such attacks since September.

1:23.6

At least 66 people have been killed.

1:26.2

President Trump has justified the strikes by saying the U.S. is an armed conflict with drug cartels.

1:31.8

But lawmakers and legal experts have questioned the validity of that claim.

1:36.9

In Los Angeles, an immigration raid involving a toddler is raising new questions about the tactics being used by immigration agents.

1:44.4

The L.A. Times obtained this eyewitness video from outside a Home Depot yesterday.

1:49.2

It shows agents apprehending a 32-year-old U.S. citizen as his toddler sits in the car.

1:55.4

Two heavily armed, masked agents then drive away with the child in the back seat without the father. In a statement,

2:02.0

the Department of Homeland Security, says the man, had exited his vehicle wielding a hammer and

2:06.9

threw rocks at law enforcement. He was arrested for assault. An immigrant's rights group says the

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