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Crash: UPS MD11 at Louisville on Nov 4th 2025, burst into flames on takeoff (avherald.com)

submitted 21 hours ago by PlanterTree@discuss.tchncs.de to c/aviation@lemmy.zip

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A UPS United Parcel Service McDonnell Douglas MD-11, registration N259UP performing flight 5X-2976 from Louisville,KY to Honolulu,HI (USA) with 3 crew, was accelerating for takeoff from Louisville's runway 17R at 17:13L (22:13Z) when the aircraft impacted ground and came to a rest at approximate position N38.146 W85.734 about 0.57nm past the runway end and about 0.09nm to the left of the extended runway centerline bursting into flames. All three on board perished, 4 fatalities on the ground are confirmed and 11 injuries on the ground reported, too.

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