The Guardian

Cracked part had been flagged ahead of Kentucky plane crash that killed 15 people (opens in new tab)

New information surfaced at hearing into the UPS freight plane crash, which happened in November 2025The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) revealed on Tuesday that it is reviewing reports of cracks in a wing mount before the left engine sheared off from a UPS freight airplane on takeoff from Louisville, Kentucky, in November, resulting in a crash that killed 15 people.That information surfaced at the beginning of a two-day hearing into the crash of the delivery service’s MD-11, whic...

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