Three pilots and 12 people on the ground died following the November 2025 crash
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- On Feb. 25, representatives for the widow of a pilot who died in the UPS cargo plane crash in Kentucky last fall filed a wrongful death lawsuit
- The complaint was filed against three companies associated with the aircraft
- “Safety is our first priority, and we are supporting the NTSB’s investigation,” GE Aerospace tells PEOPLE in a statement
The widow of one of the three pilots who died in the UPS cargo plane crash in Kentucky last November has filed a suit against companies affiliated with the Boeing MD-11F aircraft.
On Wednesday, Feb. 25, lawyers representing Donna Diamond, the wife of the late Capt. Dana Diamond, filed a complaint against the Boeing Company, the maker of the plane, General Electric Company, the manufacturer of the engine, and VT San Antonio Aerospace, Inc., which serviced the plane in the weeks before the crash in Louisville, Ky., according to documents obtained by PEOPLE.
The complaint, which was filed with the Jefferson Circuit Court in Kentucky, makes claims for wrongful death, negligence, loss of consortium and associated damages against the three companies after Dana, a 62-year-old pilot, died in the apocalyptic crash…