Investigative Hearing: UPS Flight 2976 Crash During Takeoff

Investigative Hearing: UPS Flight 2976 Crash During Takeoff

​​​WASHINGTON (April 16, 2026) — The National Transportation Safety Board has scheduled a two-day investigative hearing May 19–20 into last year’s crash of a United Parcel Service MD-11F cargo airplane shortly after takeoff from Louisville, Kentucky.

The three crewmembers aboard the airplane were killed. Eleven people on the ground were killed and another 23 injured.

The hearing will be held at the NTSB boardroom in Washington where it will also be and livestreamed. The agenda, witness list and other details will be announced in the coming weeks.

The NTSB conducts investigative hearings to assist in obtaining information necessary to determine the facts and circumstances of transportation accidents or incidents under investigation. Although the investigative hearing is open to the public, only NTSB board members, investigators, witnesses and parties to the hearing are allowed to participate.

WHAT: A two-day investigative hearing into the UPS cargo airplane crash in Louisville, Kentucky.

WHO: NTSB investigative staff and board members

WHERE: NTSB Boardroom and Conference Center, 429 L’Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC. The street entrance to the NTSB Boardroom and Conference Center is located on 10th Street, SW, running between D Street and Frontage Road, SW, just below the L'Enfant Plaza Promenade. The boardroom is also accessible from L’Enfant Plaza Metro through the food court.

WHEN: May 19-20. Times for the start and end of the hearing will be announced the week of May 11.

MEDIA: After clearing security, members of the news media should sign in at the media room, just to the left of the entrance to the boardroom.

LIVE STREAM: A link to the live stream of the webcast will be available shortly before the start of the meeting.