Some terrible stills from dashcam footage shown on the "jeffostroff" youtube channel depict the final moments of UPS Flight 2976, a scheduled domestic cargo flight from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville that went down on 4 November 2025. The aircraft struggles to clear the perimeter fence, its landing gear ploughing through the roof of a storage building before the wing clips high tension cables. Minus its port engine the heavily laden machine is already well ablaze and slowly veering to the left..
The MD-11F (N259UP) lost the port no. 1 engine presumably after a catastrophic failure as the aircraft was passing V1 as it hurtled down runway 17R. Forced to continue with its takeoff, the aircraft rotated off the active runway, as the number one engine departed the aircraft, coming to rest next to runway 17R. The MD-11F reached a maximum altitude of only 175 feet and a highest ground speed recorded of 186 knots. By this stage the aircraft was uncontrollable and, seconds later, impacted a semi truck parking area, destroying multiple buildings and vehicles. Sadly, three crew members on board, along with 6 people on the ground, were killed. Another tragic and cruel accident. Sometimes there is simply nothing that can be done.
