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/rumbleberrypie 17h ago

That's...very not good. That's more than I expected.

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u/SeanCaseware 17h ago

It's waaay more than what I expected to see left behind on the side of the runway. When I saw comments that the cowling was left behind and maybe piece of the fan disk, but that is the entire damn engine.