Overview
- The FAA said UPS flight 2976, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, went down around 5:15 p.m. local time shortly after departing Louisville’s UPS Worldport.
- Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear reported at least seven fatalities and cautioned that the death toll could rise.
- UPS confirmed three crew members were aboard the aircraft, and state officials reported at least 11 injuries.
- Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport suspended arrivals and departures, and authorities set a 3-kilometer security perimeter around the crash area.
- U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said FAA and NTSB teams are mobilizing to investigate, and local video showed the left engine burning before a fireball and thick smoke.