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Early engine-pylon separation triggered catastrophic loss of control, investigators say.

Final on-scene briefing highlights key findings, next investigative steps for the Louisville UPS crash.

Investigators confirm successful data recovery from recorders, continue engine analysis in Louisville.

Agency confirms engine separation during takeoff and recovery of flight recorders as NTSB investigation into MD-11 crash begins.

Updates from Wednesday morning on Tuesday’s UPS crash involving an MD-11 cargo jet in Louisville, Ky.

Shelter-in-place order issued as responders work at crash site.

UPS and its UPS Flight Forward subsidiary have announced plans to purchase up to 150 Beta Technologies Alia-250 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) cargo aircraft. The first ten aircraft, which will be used to support the company’s small and mid-size markets, are scheduled to begin arriving in 2024. UPS says it has also reserved […]

UPS suspended operations at its Worldport global air hub in Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday due to severe weather. The move is a first for the 5.2 million-square-foot facility, which opened in 2002 and serves as UPS’ main hub in the U.S. Located at Louisville International Airport (SDF), Worldport typically sees around 300 flights a day […]

UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF) has announced plans to begin using drones to deliver prescription medicines from a CVS pharmacy to a 135,000-resident retirement community in central Florida. According to UPS, the initial delivery flights will travel less than half a mile to a drop location near the community and be taken to residents […]

UPS and CVS made the first U.S. commercial drone deliveries of medical prescriptions from a CVS pharmacy directly to customers’ homes in North Carolina last Friday. Two deliveries—one to a private home and one to a retirement community—were successfully completed using an M2 drone developed by UPS partner Matternet. The autonomous flights were monitored by […]