The family of a man who was fatally injured when a cargo aircraft plowed into an industrial area outside Louisville, Kentucky, last year is suing several companies they say are responsible for his death, including UPS and Boeing.
A complaint filed earlier this week in Jefferson Circuit Court in Kentucky seeks compensation for relatives of Matthew Sweets, a 37-year-old electrician in training and father of two. Sweets was inside Grade-A Auto Parts, a parts and scrap metal recycling business, on Nov. 4, 2025, when wreckage from a UPS-operated McDonnell Douglas MD-11 hit the building. He suffered third-degree burns over most of his body and died two days later at University of Louisville Hospital.
Attorneys representing Sweets’ family said his death is directly attributable to the actions of UPS, Boeing, GE, and VT San Antonio Aerospace…