UPS Cargo Plane Crashes After Takeoff in Louisville, Kentucky; Governor Reports 3 Dead and 11 Injured That Night
On November 4, 2025, at about 5:14 p.m. Eastern time, a UPS cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Runway 17R at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF) in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. The three crew members were aboard the aircraft.
The flight was UPS Flight 2976, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11F freighter, registration N259UP, bound from Louisville to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Louisville airport is home to Worldport, the UPS global air hub.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said that night that three people were known to have died and 11 people were injured and taken to area hospitals. He said there was no hazardous cargo on board, and that two businesses near the airport were directly impacted: Kentucky Petroleum Recycling and Grade A Auto Parts.
The National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation into the accident, numbered DCA26MA024. The cause has not been announced.
Source: Office of the Governor of Kentucky
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Photo: 图：一架UPS的MD-11F货机在跑道上滑行（资料照片，非涉事飞机）。Jakub Bożanowski摄，CC BY，经Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: A UPS MD-11F freighter on a runway (file photo; not the accident aircraft). By Jakub Bożanowski, CC BY, via Wikimedia Commons.
