After the engine flew off a UPS cargo plane and caused a crash that killed 15 people in Kentucky, investigators quickly discovered cracks in parts of the engine mount. Then they found records showing ...

Investigators suggested that infrequent maintenance requirements, among other issues, appeared to contribute to the faulty part that caused the crash, which killed 15 people last year. By Billy Witz ...

Members of the NTSB say they are deeply disturbed after this investigation showed that lives could have been saved after years of warnings. We should be angry because for years no one listened. This ...

FedEx and UPS, the two largest MD-11 operators at the time, had started to retire the aging McDonnell Douglas-built, Boeing-supported planes in favor of newer, more efficient jets. Then, in November, ...

Day two of the National Transportation Safety Board’s hearing on the fatal crash of UPS Flight 2976 on November 4 in Louisville, Kentucky, took a deeper dive into design and structural testing of the ...

A UPS cargo jet aborted its landing Tuesday at a Kentucky airport to avoid another aircraft on the runway, according to reports about a close call at the same airport where a deadly crash occurred ...

Four months after the deadly plane crash of UPS Flight 2976 in Louisville, Kentucky, some UPS pilots have still not resumed flying. Following the Nov. 4, 2025, crash, which left 15 people dead, ...

UPS switched planes hours before an engine fell off its aircraft, causing a fiery crash that killed 15 people in Louisville, according to investigators. The left engine detached from the MD-11’s left ...

The model of cargo plane that crashed in Kentucky last fall after an engine fell off a UPS jet as it was taking off resumed flying over the weekend. The Federal Aviation Administration said it ...

After the engine flew off a UPS cargo plane and caused a crash that killed 15 people in Kentucky, investigators found records of 10 previous flaws in the same key parts that help secure engines to ...