UPS Plane Crashes at Louisville Airport
A UPS plane was reported to have crashed in Louisville, Kentucky, and injuries were reported, officials said Tuesday.
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BREAKING: A UPS plane crashed on takeoff from Louisville, Kentucky, airport, igniting a huge fire on ground.[image or embed] -- The Associated Press (@apnews.com) Nov 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
BREAKING: A UPS plane crashed on takeoff from Louisville, Kentucky, airport, igniting a huge fire on ground.[image or embed]
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... Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport announced on social media at 5:36 p.m. local time that the airfield was closed after "an aircraft incident." Video from the scene showed a fire and black smoke rising from an area appearing to be near the tarmac. Louisville police said that it was responding to a report of a plane crash. UPS has a large presence in Louisville. UPS Air Operations are headquartered in the city and has its main hub there. ..
Video from the scene showed a fire and black smoke rising from an area appearing to be near the tarmac.
Louisville police said that it was responding to a report of a plane crash.
UPS has a large presence in Louisville. UPS Air Operations are headquartered in the city and has its main hub there. ..
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-04 06:11 PM | Reply
Local coverage...
Multiple agencies responding after reported plane crash near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport www.courier-journal.com
... Several emergency crews are responding after a reported plane crash near the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport Nov. 4. Louisville Metro Police spokesperson Matthew Sanders said injuries have been reported and the agency has received multiple calls for service. A shelter-in-place order has also been issued in a five-mile radius around the airport, according to a LENSAlert message issued around 5:30 p.m. The public is advised to avoid the area. This is a breaking news story and will update. ...
Louisville Metro Police spokesperson Matthew Sanders said injuries have been reported and the agency has received multiple calls for service.
A shelter-in-place order has also been issued in a five-mile radius around the airport, according to a LENSAlert message issued around 5:30 p.m. The public is advised to avoid the area.
This is a breaking news story and will update. ...
#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-04 06:28 PM | Reply
Videos ..
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While the port side engine was engulfed in flames, the plane reached V1. In this situation, V1, the plane is commanded/piloted to get airborne (no stoppy on runway), though it may not, and in this case it didn't get too far.
The pilot is hoping for a go around.
Prayers to all involved.
#3 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-11-04 08:09 PM | Reply
The governor says at least three dead and 11 injured, with that number expected to rise. I could see the smoke blowing over my house. Awful.
#4 | Posted by cbob at 2025-11-04 08:27 PM | Reply
President Plane Crash needs to shut down the airspace already.
#5 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-11-04 09:38 PM | Reply
Looks like an engine came off on takeoff and the debris trashed the other one. That's never good.
#6 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-11-04 09:40 PM | Reply
9 dead, 16 missing
#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-11-05 12:57 PM | Reply
What a great time for aviation in America.
#8 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-11-05 04:33 PM | Reply
Redial,
"Looks like an engine came off on takeoff and the debris trashed the other one."
Worse than that.
I think they said, "uncontained engine failure".
Basically the engine came apart and the speed of the spinning parts flew out like shrapnel damaging hydraulics, electronics, etc.
The engine came off before impact, like you said.
#9 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2025-11-06 10:55 AM | Reply
It was hauling freight, I believe. Only 3 on board.
Good thing is wasn't carrying uncounted ballots.
#10 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2025-11-06 10:57 AM | Reply
7 now confirmed bead.
#11 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-11-06 11:16 AM | Reply
*dead
#12 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-11-06 11:16 AM | Reply
#10
Fuck off you failed homo bitch.
#13 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-11-06 12:00 PM | Reply
Engine was still on the pylon at rotation. Looked like a compressor failure (small exhaust explosion #2), perhaps debris caused,
Looking at the TO video, the engine was on fire before V1 (smoke down runway). I wonder what the instruments were saying, perhaps ignored?
Anyhow, the UPS plane had just come out of a month-long maintenance. Right after maintenance is a very vulnerable time to fly a plane.
#14 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-11-06 12:31 PM | Reply
Why are we having so many plane crashes all of a sudden?
#15 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-11-06 12:33 PM | Reply
This is part of it.
www.yahoo.com
#16 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-11-06 12:34 PM | Reply
#15
therevolvingdoorproject.org
#17 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-11-06 12:35 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Why are we having so many plane crashes all of a sudden? #15 | POSTED BY SPEAKSOFTLY
Because the media is reporting it to make you feel like its Trumps fault.
IOW Propaganda works on you & Alexa. www.ntsb.gov
#18 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-11-06 01:21 PM | Reply
RUNT, don't sell your child-raping hero short.
Midair collision kills 67 people in the deadliest US air disaster in almost a quarter century
www.ap.org
#19 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-11-06 01:26 PM | Reply
IOW Propaganda works..
You would definitely know being our resident commie agitator and confessed Chinese spy.
#20 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-11-06 01:40 PM | Reply
Good thing is wasn't carrying uncounted ballots. #10 | POSTED BY BILLJOHNSON AT 2025-11-06 10:57 AM | REPLY
Real funny. God, what a depraved POS you are.
This is my home. We all know somebody who works for UPS, and we are hurting.
The latest count is at least 12 dead and 15 or more still unaccounted for.
#21 | Posted by cbob at 2025-11-06 02:00 PM | Reply
"I wonder what the instruments were saying, perhaps ignored?"
Once you reach decision speed, you take the jet airborne and solve the problem there. I checked out the airport diagram for this airport, and they were on a 12k' foot runway. Their TOLD should have indicated that the decision speed was probably after the rotation speed. That would also be weird, because at least in the jet I flew, there was an acceleration check prior to decision speed to ensure that you were achieving the correct amount of thrust. Maybe the pilots were just slow in recognizing the problem.
#22 | Posted by madbomber at 2025-11-06 02:03 PM | Reply
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