Day 2 of NTSB hearing on UPS plane crash

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]of our top stories tonight. The National Transportation Safety Board just wrapped up 2 days of hearings in Washington as they continue investigating the lead-up to the fatal UPS plane crash here in Louisville. Today, part of the focus was on the MD-11 aircraft that crashed, including a documented issue on aircraft in the past. We learned about 10 years ago Boeing applied to increase the amount of flight cycles between airworthiness limitation instructions, an increase between inspections that was approved by the FAA.

[00:00:30]Was there any submission by Boeing of in-service experience uh such as uh fractured races?

[00:00:44]To my knowledge, it was no information like that.

[00:00:49]And if we had information that there was aft lug cracking, we would have uh more likely issued airworthiness directive to reduce the the threshold, not escalate it.

[00:01:05]The NTSB hearings also released this new video of the takeoff that day. This was uh came out of the hearings just this week. The NTSB has said the final investigative report on the causes of the crash will be published at least 1 year from the crash date.