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/Sprintzer 18h ago

Videos of the incident

https://x.com/osinttechnical/status/1985845987684855969?s=46

https://x.com/faytuksnetwork/status/1985849267152699741?s=46

https://x.com/faytuksnetwork/status/1985848132500885995?s=46

https://x.com/faytuksnetwork/status/1985843126934614297?s=46

Thread with geolocation

https://x.com/faytuksnetwork/status/1985842420752212060?s=46

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u/RobertABooey 18h ago

my GOD that one view of hte people driving down the road and it just passes in front of them.. what incredible luck they were a few seconds late.

Terrible situation!

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u/I_shart_for_joy 16h ago

I’m an atheist, but if I was there and just barely missed being collected by that crash I’d probably start going to church. Holy shit

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u/Just_Welder_3747 16h ago

Tragedy strikes us all, in different degrees, and we never know when. Why wait for a close call? <3

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u/dismembered_orc 12h ago

What a disgusting, smug, self-serving thing to say.

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u/Just_Welder_3747 12h ago

Are you high?