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NTSB Reviews Pre-Crash Plane Maintenance Records as UPS Identifies 3 Victims

The National Transportation Safety Board is reviewing Flight 2976’s maintenance records as a 13th victim is pronounced dead.
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NTSB Reviews Pre-Crash Plane Maintenance Records as UPS Identifies 3 Victims
A UPS cargo plane crashed into local businesses after it took off from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Nov. 4, 2025. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg / Facebook
Jacki Thrapp
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) confirmed it is investigating why doomed UPS Flight 2976 received maintenance work in San Antonio for six weeks before it crashed after taking off from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Nov. 4.

“We have actually started to pull those records down,” NTSB member Todd Inman said during the independent federal organization’s second media briefing on Nov. 6.

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