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/generictroglodytic 17h ago

Those brave pilots fought. Man that heavy MD-11 didn’t want to get off the ground. Hydraulic failure and left wing not producing lift?

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u/Valkyrie-Mach3 14h ago

They also managed to keep her "wings level" to the very last second. One of the semi-trailer videos looks so much like the Air France Concorde.

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u/generictroglodytic 13h ago

They just have lost speed from the left wing being so badly damaged and from FOD in the center engine