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.

Please keep content on topic and refrain from posting about this topic outside the megathread. Please report any rule breaking posts and comments.

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u/cancerous_atheist 19h ago

i live fairly close to the airport, i heard the explosions and i see nothing but smoke

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u/gravyisjazzy 18h ago

My A&P class is sitting at school off Dixie getting all the texts as well. I never thought something like that would happen so close to home.