The National Transportation Safety Board, charged with investigating aviation accidents, is investigating the deadly UPS plane crash in Louisville.

The UPS cargo plane crashed as it departed for Honolulu from Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport, the FAA said. Emergency crews are responding to a UPS Airlines plane crash at the Louisville International Airport in Kentucky. The post UPS cargo jet crashes during takeoff from Louisville hub appeared first on FreightWaves.

The National Transportation Safety Board has confirmed that the UPS MD-11 freighter that crashed after takeoff from the cargo giant’s Kentucky hub on November 4, 2025, shed its left engine during the takeoff roll,

It’s possible that debris from the failed engine affected other systems or power plants, leaving the pilots with insufficient aircraft performance to achieve safe flight.

The UPS plane was headed from Louisville to Honolulu, Hawaii, and is reported to have been carrying approximately 38,000 gallons of fuel at the time of the crash. Sarav Arunachalam, deputy director of the UNC Institute for the Environment, told WRAL News that amount of fuel can pose big risks to nearby residents and responders.

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