A beloved pet cat is believed to be among the casualties after a burning UPS plane plummeted into a petroleum plant and exploded moments after departing a Kentucky airport Tuesday afternoon.
A beloved pet cat is believed to be among the casualties after a burning UPS plane plummeted into a petroleum plant and exploded moments after departing a Kentucky airport late Tuesday afternoon.
Bob, the “shop cat” at GLF Environmental, hasn’t been seen since UPS Flight 2976 slammed into the fuel recycling plant just outside Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport.
“He’s just our shop cat. I’m assuming he didn’t make it, but it’s okay. There were lives lost so I’m not going to worry about my cat,” said Shelby Shircliff, 34, a dispatcher at GFL Environmental in Louisville.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said that GFL Environmental, also known as Kentucky Petroleum Recycling, took a direct hit in the disastrous crash that presumably killed nine people, including the three UPS crew members on the plane.
