{"id":68744,"date":"2026-05-19T05:07:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/federal-safety-board-to-investigate-deadly-ups-cargo-plane-crash-in-louisville\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T05:07:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:07:47","slug":"federal-safety-board-to-investigate-deadly-ups-cargo-plane-crash-in-louisville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/federal-safety-board-to-investigate-deadly-ups-cargo-plane-crash-in-louisville\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Safety Board to Investigate Deadly UPS Cargo Plane Crash in Louisville"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1779181666874.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1779181666874.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1779181666874.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1779181666874.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Federal safety officials will begin a comprehensive two-day investigation starting Tuesday to determine what led to a deadly UPS cargo aircraft accident in Louisville that resulted in 15 fatalities.<\/p><p>The nation&#8217;s leading safety investigators will examine the circumstances surrounding the crash, which occurred shortly after the aircraft departed from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport last year.<\/p><p>The hearing represents a critical step in understanding the factors that contributed to the tragic incident involving the cargo plane.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National safety investigators will begin a two-day examination Tuesday into a fatal UPS cargo aircraft accident in Louisville that claimed 15 lives. The probe will focus on determining what caused the plane to go down shortly after departure last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":68743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[831],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1779181666874.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-hSM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":68659,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/federal-investigators-examine-deadly-ups-cargo-plane-crash-engine-failure\/","url_meta":{"origin":68744,"position":0},"title":"Federal investigators examine deadly UPS cargo plane crash engine failure","author":"Admin","date":"May 19, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Federal safety officials are conducting hearings this week to investigate why an engine detached from a UPS cargo plane during takeoff, causing a fatal crash that killed 15 people. 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