Overview
- Officials have confirmed at least 12 deaths, with 16 families reporting loved ones unaccounted for and at least 11 people injured.
- The MD-11 freighter, operating as UPS Flight 2976 to Honolulu, crashed seconds after takeoff and struck Kentucky Petroleum Recycling and Grade A Auto Parts.
- The NTSB is leading the probe after airport CCTV showed the jet’s left engine detaching during the takeoff roll, with the engine later found on airport grounds.
- The flight data and cockpit voice recorders were recovered and will be analyzed, and authorities caution that determining a probable cause will take months.
- Louisville’s airport has resumed limited service while the affected runway remains closed, and UPS paused sorting at its Worldport hub during the emergency response.