Overview
- The FAA confirmed UPS Flight 2976, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 bound for Honolulu, crashed around 5:15 p.m. local time shortly after departing Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport.
- UPS said three crew members were aboard the aircraft, and local officials reported injuries, but the number and severity remain unconfirmed.
- Louisville emergency agencies responded to a large post-crash fire and debris field visible near the airfield and the UPS Worldport complex.
- Authorities issued a shelter-in-place order for a roughly five-mile radius around the airport as firefighters worked to contain the blaze.
- The NTSB has taken charge of the investigation with FAA coordination, and airport operations were temporarily halted with flights delayed or diverted.