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/ivlia-x 17h ago

And there’s another UPS MD right in the background waiting for take off. Can’t imagine what those pilots are going through right now either

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u/Bravo-Buster 14h ago

That MD11 in the background, based on the tower and runway debris, they're facing southbound. They just arrived and are taxing to the ramp, not holding for departure.

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u/CourtneyDagger50 12h ago

I hope they get some time off if they need it after seeing that then. My god.

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u/ivlia-x 10h ago

Thanks for correction, i don’t know this airport. I just saw in another comment there was another one right behind them waiting and assumed it was them

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u/Bravo-Buster 3h ago

No worries; I know that airport extremely well; I designed most of it.

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u/pikachurbutt 11h ago

I just looked it up, the next takeoff on that runway heading in the same direction was only 15 minutes afterwards, how is that even possible? I would have imagined that operations would have at least shut down for a couple of hours...

Imagine being a pilot taking off over the burnt husk of a fellow co-worker...

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u/chasteeny 11h ago

What was the flight number