WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following press release:
4/16/2026
WASHINGTON (April 16, 2026) - The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a two-day investigative hearing May 19-20 as part of its ongoing investigation into the Nov. 4, 2025, crash of United Parcel Service flight 2976, a Boeing MD-11F cargo airplane, shortly after takeoff from Louisville, Kentucky.
On Nov. 4, 2025, at about 5:14 p.m. Eastern time, the airplane, operating as a domestic cargo flight from Louisville to Honolulu, was destroyed after impacting the ground shortly after takeoff. The three crewmembers aboard the airplane and 11 people on the ground were killed. One person on the gro...