NTSB investigators piece together evidence of the plane crash

Aug. 19, 2013

"From the initial ground impact – there were tree strikes prior to the initial ground impact – to the final resting point of the forward fuselage, which contains the cockpit area, that distance is about 200 yards. Another 75 or 80 yards past that, closer to the runway, that would be the part of fuselage that contained the wings and the tail section," Sumwalt described. "That part of the aircraft, especially the over-wing portion, was extensively damaged by fire.

Investigators are seen combing through the wreckage of UPS Flight 1354.

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