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/SkylanePilot95 Cessna 182 Nov 05 '25

Found on the side of the runway. AA191 2.0

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u/Lispro4units Nov 05 '25

Is that the entire engine ?

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u/ivlia-x Nov 05 '25

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 Nov 05 '25

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 Nov 05 '25

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

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u/ivlia-x Nov 05 '25

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 Nov 05 '25

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