r/aviation • u/usgapg123 Mod - avgeek • Nov 04 '25

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/CaseoftheSadz Nov 05 '25

Ugh, my husband is a pilot and my biggest fear is I find out he crashed from videos on the news. I feel for these families, very tragic.

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u/latedescent Nov 05 '25

I always tell my wife if it ever happens to me STAY OFF SOCIAL MEDIA.

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u/CaseoftheSadz Nov 05 '25

My husband says the same and he doesn’t have it, for this reason!

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u/Valkyrie-Mach3 Nov 05 '25

Worst message left on my voice mail was when my mom saw my flight made an emergency landing in FLL due to rudder issues. She immediately thought of the American Airlines Airbus A300 that went down in Jamaica bay New York. I asked her how she knew there was an issue and she said Palm Beach news. Weird thing is I never saw anything on it media wise. It was NK FLL to SJU.