NEWYou can now hear Fox News articles. A UPS cargo jet aborted landing at a Kentucky Airport on Tuesday to avoid another plane on the runway. An air traffic controller was heard shouting “What are you doin’?” According to FOX43, audio from the incident shows that the controller was heard telling the smaller aircraft (identified as Skylab 25) to stop before instructing the UPS jet to do a go-around. “Two-Five, stop!” yelled the controller, according to FOX43. SkyLab Two-Five what are you doing?” “A UPS spokesperson told WHAS11 the aircraft “safely conducted a go around” during its approach and that there was no operational impact or injuries.UPS spokesperson Michelle Polk said the maneuver — in which a plane discontinues its descent and circles back for another landing attempt — was carried out in line with standard procedure.Flight tracking data from FlightRadar24 shows the aircraft descending to around 500 feet before climbing back to approximately 1,500 feet within a short span, FOX 43 reported.Louisville’s UPS Worldport is the company’s largest package handling facility in the world. The 5.2-million-square-foot hub is the heart of UPS’ global network. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board said that the plane’s left-hand engine caught fire shortly after takeoff. The aircraft only reached about 30 feet before crashing. Click here to download the FOX NEWS APPSurveillance video showed the engine detaching before impact. Investigators found structural flaws in the engine mount which likely caused the failure. UPS grounded its fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes following the crash. The FAA ordered inspections for the model. According to WKYT, both people on board were uninjured.
