The Louisville Department of Public Health and Wellness is set to close a Bardstown Road hotel, leaving some longtime residents with little warning. Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services Nov. 11 has suspended the permit for the Budgetel Inn & Suites at 3304 Bardstown Road, according to an email from an employee of the … Read more
Federal authorities are barring all McDonnell Douglas MD-11 operators from flying the aircraft until they are inspected after a UPS cargo plane burst into a ball of flames shortly after takeoff from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky earlier this week. The Federal Aviation Administration’s emergency order on Saturday was prompted by an accident … Read more
Federal transportation safety officials said Wednesday that video shows a UPS cargo plane’s engine detaching shortly before it crashed at Muhammad Ali International Airport at Louisville International Airport, killing at least 12 people. Todd Inman, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board, said at a news conference in Louisville that officials would be on … Read more
NOTE: Follow our live updates for latest information. At around 5:20 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, a UPS cargo plane bound for Honolulu skidded off the runway at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, killing at least nine people and injuring 11 others. The incident marks the deadliest accident in UPS history, and the explosion sent a … Read more