Tag: Louisville Plane Crash
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Family Of Burn Victim Matthew Sweets Files Lawsuit Against UPS And Boeing Over Deadly Louisville Crash
New Lawsuit Targets UPS, Boeing and Others Over Fatal Louisville Plane Crash A new wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against UPS, Boeing, General Electric and VT San Antonio Aerospace following the deadly crash of UPS Flight 2976 near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in November 2025. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the…
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Since 2002, Operators Caught 10 Fractures Before Takeoff On The Same Part That Broke In The UPS Crash
Before the deadly crash of UPS Flight 2976 in Louisville, there were warnings. Not just days or months before, but decades. The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo plane, built in 1991, went down around 5:15 p.m. Nov. 4, 2025, after its left wing caught fire, killing all three pilots on board. The plane slammed into Grade…
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NTSB Removes UPS Flight 2976 Spectrogram Fearing Individuals May Reconstruct CVR Audio From Sound Spectrum Imagery
The National Transportation Safety Board has temporarily taken its docket system offline after discovering that modern image recognition and computational tools may allow people to reconstruct approximate cockpit voice recorder audio from sound spectrum images released during investigations. The concern emerged during the ongoing probe into the 2025 crash of UPS Flight 2976 in Louisville.…
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Cracked Parts Had Been Flagged Ahead Of Kentucky UPS MD11 Crash That Killed 15 People
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) revealed on Tuesday that it is reviewing reports of cracks in a wing mount before the left engine sheared off from a UPS freight airplane on takeoff from Louisville, Kentucky, in November, resulting in a crash that killed 15 people. That information surfaced at the beginning of a two-day…
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The Part Whose Fracture Lead To The UPS MD11 Crash
On November 4, 2025, about 1714 eastern standard time, United Parcel Service (UPS) flight 2976, a Boeing (McDonnell-Douglas) MD 11F airplane, N259UP, was destroyed after it impacted buildings and the ground shortly after takeoff from runway 17R at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, Louisville, Kentucky. The 3 crewmembers aboard the airplane and 11 people on…
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