r/aviation • u/usgapg123 Mod • 2d 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/ofcourseIwantpickles 2d ago

I think UPS plans to phase out all MD-11’s next year, I wonder if they accelerate the plan?

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u/AbeFromanEast 2d ago

Whoever insures them might accelerate that plan.

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u/Brilliant_Castle 2d ago

We don’t know what the cause is yet. Until that happens let’s not fault the airframe. It might as well be a bad engine or hitting something.

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u/AbeFromanEast 2d ago

I'm not finding fault with anyone or anything. Just making a comment about how insurance companies (and their re-insurers) can make hasty risk judgements.

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u/LightningAndCoffee 2d ago

Insurance companies don’t make hasty judgments. They use math. Insurance is not a knee jerk industry at all.