Cracked part had been flagged ahead of Kentucky plane crash that killed 15 people

New information surfaced at hearing into the November 2025 UPS freight plane crash in Louisville

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The 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 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/26/kentucky-plane-crash-death-toll">killed 15 people.

That information surfaced at the beginning of a two-day hearing into the crash of the delivery service’s MD-11, which left all three crew members and 12 people on the ground dead.

An additional 23 people on the ground were injured as an auto parts recycling plant ignited after the freighter crashed into it.