At a glance When: Monday, February 16, 2026, about 9:46 a.m. EST (KSP) Where: I-65 North near mile marker 103, near Lebanon Junction (Hardin County) (KSP) What: Two-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer; passenger vehicle struck the rear of the truck (KSP)...
Quick facts (public info only) When/where: Wed., Nov. 12, 2025, ~4:30 p.m. on I-71 South near the I-265 (Gene Snyder) interchange, Louisville, Jefferson County. What happened: Semi crashed and overturned into the grassy median; left shoulder and left lane closed for...
Updated November 17, 2025 On November 4, 2025, UPS Flight 2976, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 cargo jet, crashed shortly after takeoff from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF), impacting an industrial area near UPS Worldport. Federal and local officials...
Two clocks start immediately after a serious air-cargo or ramp incident at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF): (1) legal deadlines for filing claims, and (2) evidence retention windows for ATC recordings, ramp CCTV, and ground-vehicle telematics....
When a family brings an aviation injury or wrongful-death claim, the airline may argue federal preemption—that federal law displaces state-law claims. Two doctrines show up most: (1) FAA safety preemption and (2) the Airline Deregulation Act (ADA) preemption of state...
Short answer: yes. If your loved one was not a UPS employee—think delivery driver, vendor technician, contractor, visitor, or nearby motorist—you can usually pursue a third-party negligence or wrongful-death claim against the at-fault company (or companies). Workers’...
UPS Flight 1354 was a pre-dawn cargo flight from Louisville to Birmingham on August 14, 2013. The Airbus A300-600 crashed short of Runway 18 during a nighttime nonprecision approach. Both pilots were killed. The NTSB’s investigation pinpoints what went wrong and...
Serious aviation and ramp incidents trigger two tracks at once: a federal safety investigation (NTSB/FAA) and your civil claim. You can—and should—preserve civil evidence immediately. This guide explains what to request in the first seven days, how the NTSB party...
Louisville’s cargo airport is run by the Louisville Regional Airport Authority (LRAA) and anchored by UPS Worldport, one of the busiest air-cargo hubs on the planet. That scale means lots of contractors, vendors, and visitors—and complicated liability when someone who...
Airport ramps are dense, fast, and unforgiving. When a tug, belt-loader, or fuel/de-ice truck hits a person or aircraft, liability usually turns on a few concrete things: airfield right-of-way rules, visibility/PPE, spotter or marshalling procedures, vehicle...
All-cargo flights are Part 121 operations. In Louisville, UPS Worldport’s flights are governed by 14 C.F.R. Part 121 (air carrier certification/operations). Part 121 also contains cargo-specific subparts, like all-cargo flight-time/rest rules in Subpart S. When an...