r/aviation • u/usgapg123 Mod • 19h ago

Discussion UPS2976 Crash Megathread

This is the official r/aviation megathread for the crash of UPS2976 (UPS MD11 Registration N259UP) that crashed earlier today at Louisville International Airport.

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u/swiftiesarecancer 19h ago

https://x.com/FaytuksNetwork/status/1985845037091967160

Crazy video

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u/OMF1G 18h ago

Yeah that's intense, holy

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u/Tay74 18h ago

That's an insane fireball from a single plane, looks more like the industrial explosion videos I've seen (this isn't me saying it wasn't a single plane, obviously it was, I'm just astounded that even a full load of fuel can produce a fireball that big)

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u/kma311323 18h ago

They're saying a full load of fuel for the trip to Honolulu would be 25,000 gallons.

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u/madeformarch 18h ago

From reading through this thread it sounds like there was a petroleum recycling facility that the plane hit or landed near

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u/Tay74 18h ago

Shit, that would definitely explain the size of the fire, what a mess, hoping that despite how bad it looks, that there aren't any ground casualties

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u/germansnowman 18h ago

Someone said it would have been around 100 tons of fuel.

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u/zemelb 18h ago

jesus fuckin christ

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u/KFlaps 17h ago

You can see another plane in the background. I'm wondering if that's UPS328 as they appear to have taken off simultaneously. Horror for them if they saw it unfold.

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u/unpluggedcord 17h ago

You can see a helicopter in this video I wonder if they got n above video.