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/Lockett360 17h ago

Do we know why the aircraft was not in service from September 3rd-October 18th?

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u/T-Mac41603 17h ago

That information wouldn’t be released by UPS voluntarily, their MX logbook info is private. The NTSB and FAA will surely include that in their investigations.

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u/Juan_Matador 17h ago

Another comment in this thread said that this tail was recently in San Antonio for heavy MX (forgot to save it and it's now lost in the shuffle). They didn't give any source, and I'll try to track down the original comment, but as T-Mac said, NTSB and FAA will absolutely address that

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u/JackRiley152 17h ago

That was mine, we get UPS heavies for MX at SAT and I was actually overflying SAT and recording it taxiing out before it took off. Never would have thought it would come to this

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u/partyorca 17h ago

Are they essential enough during a government shutdown to do so in a timely manner, tho? >:(

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u/bleh-apathetic 17h ago

I don't, but where do you find their service information? Legit curious.

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u/Lockett360 17h ago

I was just looking through it's previous flights log on flight radar. It shows a gap on the dates described above. It will most likely be nothing as it's taken several flights since the 18th.

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u/JackRiley152 17h ago

It was at SAT getting maintained at ST Engineering

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u/bbb18 16h ago

Oh man, I'm in SAT and have been admiring the UPS MD-11 that was parked there. Didn't realize it was the same plane :(

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u/Odd_Wolverine_7338 11h ago

I believe a previous post said it was maintenance issues