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The NTSB preliminary report on the crash of UPS Flight 2976 in Louisville, Ky. on Nov. 4, 2025. Still images from an airport surveillance video showing the left engine and left pylon separation from the left wing. (Source: UPS via NTSB)
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According to the initial investigation, the plane cleared the fence at the end of the runway, but its landing gear hit the roof of a UPS warehouse off Grade Lane and then an oil recycling facility just past it.
Newly released 911 calls from the day UPS Flight 2976 crashed in Louisville reveal the panic and chaos that ensued, with witnesses describing the plane going straight down in flames.
The federal investigation into last year's fatal UPS plane crash in Louisville showed one of the key defects found on the plane's failed engine was a known issue among Boeing's service team, albeit one Boeing didn't believe would lead to a "safety of flight condition."
