The cockpit voice recorder captured a persistent bell that began about 37 seconds after the crew called for takeoff thrust, and the bell continued until the recording ended, an NTSB official said.

By Allison Lampert (Reuters) -As a bell sounded in the cockpit, three UPS pilots tried to control a cargo flight that crashed this week in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least 13 people, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Friday.

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Dozens of federal aviation investigators are on the ground in Louisville searching the crash site's debris field, which covers nearly a half-mile area.

The cockpit voice recorder of the UPS cargo jet that crashed in Louisville on Tuesday revealed the sound of a bell heard in the cockpit.

Investigators probing the Nov. 4 crash of a UPS McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 freighter are analyzing data from both of the aircraft’s onboard recorders and expect to have more insight into what caused the fatal disaster in the coming days. The aircraft’s flight data recorder (FDR) and cockpit voice...

An investigation is underway as to what caused the UPS plane crash at the Louisville Airport that left 9 people dead and 15 injured.

Former colleagues are mourning three pilots killed in the UPS cargo plane crash near the Louisville, Kentucky, airport, as relatives of a badly burned man who was pulled from the wreckage confirm he’s