LOUISVILLE, KY — Tuesday, November 4, 2025 — ~5:15 p.m. ET “It felt like an earthquake—then the sky turned orange.” A worker in south Louisville described the blast as a UPS cargo jet plunged behind an industrial strip just south of the runways, sending a column of flame and smoke into the night. What we know now Aircraft & Route: UPS Airlines Flight 2976 , a McDonnell Douglas MD-11F , departed Louisville Muhammad Ali International (SDF) for Honolulu (HNL) and crashed short