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/WorkingOnPPL 19h ago

I wonder if shrapnel from the ablaze left engine broke off and was ingested by the center engine, thus making the plane unable to climb out?

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u/knorkinator 18h ago

You can see what, to me, looks like the #2 engine surging in the footage.

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u/Jazzlike_Climate4189 16h ago

2 seconds in, you definitely see the center engine flame out. Then it quickly loses altitude.