The families of several victims who were injured or killed in the tragic crash of a UPS cargo jet shortly after takeoff on November 4, 2025, from Louisville, Kentucky, will be attending the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearings Tuesday May 19 and Wednesday May 20, 2026 in Washington, D.C.
The NTSB is expected to call a number of witnesses, including representatives from Boeing, who manufactured the MD-11F cargo jet that crashed into a recycling area near the airport killing 15 people and injuring 23 more on the ground. Clifford Law Offices, an internationally recognized aviation firm based in Chicago, represents nine of the victims’ families who lost loved ones in the crash, as well as several other people who were severely injured in the inferno when the Boeing jet loaded with fuel crashed heading to Hawaii.
“These families are devastated and certainly deserve answers,” said Bradley M. Cosgrove, partner at Clifford Law Offices who filed the first wrongful death lawsuits in Kentucky regarding this preventable crash. Cosgrove, who heads up the team of lawyers, pilots and technical experts at the firm, also will be in attendance at the hearings. “Clifford Law Offices is conducting its own investigation with its experts to get to the bottom of what happened to ensure that the truth is uncovered.”
United Parcel Service (UPS) Flight 2976 crashed November 4, 2026 at about 5:15 pm EST shortly after it took off from Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville.
The hearing will begin with factual reports, photographs and other investigative materials. The agenda released by the NTSB includes executives testifying from Boeing, UPS and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
NTSB Releases Agenda for Two-Day Investigative Hearing on UPS Cargo Plane Crash
The hearings, part of the NTSB’s ongoing investigation, are expected to take place starting at 8 a.m. EST at the NTSB boardroom, 490 L’Enfant Plaza SW in the nation’s capital.
For further information, contact Clifford Law Offices Communications Partner Pamela Sakowicz Menaker at 847-721-0909 (cell).
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