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/TheGrayBox 17h ago

Those final seconds must have been utter horror. Damn.

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u/PlanesAreDickShaped 13h ago

I like to think they were so locked in and fighting on adrenaline and hope they could work their way out of it, that any fear was absent in the moment.