LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An aviation expert says recently-released data from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) confirmed why UPS flight 2967 was unable to gain altitude after losing its first engine on November 4, 2025.
Last week, the NTSB released an “update” as it continues to investigate the fatal cargo jet crash that killed all three crew members and 12 people on the ground. The NTSB said Boeing was aware in 2011 that a certain part of the apparatus that connects the wing to the engine –called the “spherical bearing race”– could split into two pieces. Boeing said at the time that “it would not result in a safety of flight condition.”
The NTSB’s update last week also included a graph with information from the plane’s flight data recorder…