Cracked Part Flagged Before Kentucky Plane Crash
A cracked part had been flagged prior to a fiery UPS jet crash in Kentucky that killed 15 people. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is holding a hearing to investigate the cause of the accident.
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Cracked part had been flagged ahead of Kentucky plane crash that killed 15 people
New information surfaced at hearing into the UPS freight plane crash, which happened in November 2025 The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) revealed on Tuesday that it is reviewing reports of cracks in a wing mount before the left engine sheared off from a UPS freight airplane on takeoff from Louisville, Kentucky, in November, resulting in a crash that killed 15 people. That information surfaced at the beginning of a two-day hearing into the crash of the delivery service’s MD-11, wh...
By Edward Helmore and agencies
Read full article →NTSB hearing will probe cause of fiery UPS jet crash that killed 15 in Louisville
The nation's top safety investigators will launch a two-day hearing beginning Tuesday into what caused a UPS cargo plane to crash shortly after takeoff in Louisville last year, killing 15 people.
By Joel Rose
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