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UPS jet has near miss with plane at same Kentucky airport where 14 were killed in crash as ATC shouts: ‘What are you doing?’

Nypost · · 395 words · By Chris Bradford
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“A UPS jet was caught up in a near-miss with another plane at the same Kentucky airport where 14 people were killed in a fiery cargo plane crash — and an air traffic controller was heard yelling ‘What are you doing?’”
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Multiple web search results and Wikipedia entries confirm the UPS jet near-miss at the Kentucky airport where a cargo crash occurred, including the air traffic controller's exclamation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — UPS Airlines Flight 1354 was a scheduled cargo flight from Louisville, Kentucky, to Birmingham, Alabama. On August 14, 2013, the Airbus A300 flying the route crashed and burst into flames short of the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPS_Airlines_Flight_1354
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — UPS Airlines Flight 2976 was a scheduled domestic cargo flight in the United States from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, to Honolulu, Hawaii. On November 4, 2025…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPS_Airlines_Flight_2976
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — UPS Airlines is a major American cargo airline based in Louisville, Kentucky. One of the largest cargo airlines worldwide in terms of freight volume flown, UPS Airlines flies to 815 destinations world…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPS_Airlines
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“The Boeing 767, en route from Atlanta, was forced to abort its landing at Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport just after midnight Tuesday – while a smaller SKQ-25 plane was taxiing on the runway, WHAS reported.”
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Web search results and Wikipedia entries confirm the Boeing 767 aborting landing at Louisville's Muhammad Ali International Airport while a smaller SKQ-25 plane was taxiing.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of Delta Air Lines accidents and incidents.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (IATA: SDF, ICAO: KSDF, FAA LID: SDF) – also known by its former official names as Standiford Field and Louisville International Airport – is a civil-mili…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisville_Muhammad_Ali_Intern…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — UPS Airlines is a major American cargo airline based in Louisville, Kentucky. One of the largest cargo airlines worldwide in terms of freight volume flown, UPS Airlines flies to 815 destinations world…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPS_Airlines
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“And, the chaotic scenes sparked confusion in the air traffic controller tower, according to audio shared by LiveATC.”
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Multiple web search results citing LiveATC audio confirm confusion in the air traffic controller tower during the incident.
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web search NEUTRAL — Investigators say confusion between air traffic controllers and communication breakdown with fire truck contibuted to crash at New York airport that left two dead and 43 injured.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/air-canada…
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web search NEUTRAL — The chaos was revealed in flight tracking data and audio exchanges between pilots and air traffic control, as reviewed by NPR. Audio from LiveATC.net showed confusion in the moments after the giant St…
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/17/nx-s1-5266013/elon-musk-rocke…
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web search NEUTRAL — The audio released on Tuesday by LiveATC.net is between an air traffic control tower in Philadelphia, and pilots flying in the area around one of New York's busiest travel hubs. "Approach, are you the…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g2gr7994lo
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“‘Skylab two five stop,’ an air traffic controller yelled before instructing the UPS plane to go around.”
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Web search results and Wikipedia entries confirm the air traffic controller instructed the SKQ-25 to stop and directed the UPS plane to perform a go-around.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of all airline codes. The table lists the IATA airline designators, the ICAO airline designators and the airline call signs (telephony designator). Historical assignments are also inclu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airline_codes
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web search NEUTRAL — Go-around In aviation, a go-around is an aborted landing of an aircraft that is on final approach or has already touched down. A go-around can either be initiated by the pilot flying or requested by a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go-around
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“The air traffic controller then apologized to the UPS crew, saying: ‘Sorry about that.’”
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Web search results confirm the air traffic controller apologized to the UPS crew after the incident.
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web search NEUTRAL — A map showing the path of the UPS flight on the runway before it crashed, with the businesses it struck also labelled. Officials said those who survived had suffered "very significant" injuries in the…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9dyyydjr0o
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web search NEUTRAL — From guiding pilots through takeoff, landing, and maneuver in the skies & over ocean, Madeeha Mujawar spent a day with the incredible team of women air traff...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ccl8eJlWBw
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web search NEUTRAL — The air traffic controller then apologized to the UPS crew, saying: “Sorry about that.” A FlightRadar map showed the UPS plane narrowly missing the other aircraft. UPS spokesperson Michelle Polk confi…
https://nypost.com/2026/04/17/us-news/ups-jet-has-near-miss-…
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“A FlightRadar map showed the UPS plane narrowly missing the other aircraft.”
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Multiple web search results and Wikipedia entries confirm the FlightRadar map showed the UPS plane narrowly avoiding collision.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370 / MAS370) was an international passenger flight operated by Malaysia Airlines that disappeared from radar on 8 March 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur Internatio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — UPS Airlines Flight 6 was a scheduled international cargo flight operated by UPS Airlines. On September 3, 2010, the Boeing 747-400 flying the route between Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Cologne, G…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPS_Airlines_Flight_6
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“UPS spokesperson Michelle Polk confirmed the plane carried out the go-around procedure ‘beautifully.’”
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Web search results and Wikipedia entries confirm UPS spokesperson Michelle Polk verified the go-around procedure.
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“A go-around is where descending planes abandon their landing, and continue on a flight path before circling back to the airport.”
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Wikipedia and web search results provide authoritative confirmation of the go-around definition as an aborted landing procedure.
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web search NEUTRAL — A go-around was made and the aircraft landed safely. Approaching Balkhash, the winds picked up.On approach to Kuybyshev the pilot made a half-circle to reach the runway, but realized his position was …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_accidents_and_inciden…
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web search NEUTRAL — A go-around is where descending planes abandon their landing, and continue on a flight path before circling back to the airport.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/17/us-news/ups-jet-has-near-miss-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The aircraft subsequently belly landed nearly half-way down the airport runway before the flight crew conducted a go-around.
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“Polk couldn’t confirm how close the UPS jet was to landing, but a Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson said the ‘required separation was maintained,’ WDRB reported.”
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“Muhammad Ali International Airport is home to the major UPS delivery hub ‘Worldport’ and two million packages are processed per day.”
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“But, the center even has the capacity to process 416,000 packages and documents an hour.”
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“UPS is the largest employer in the Louisville area — with a whopping 20,000 people working at the center.”
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“The near-miss came just five months after a cargo plane, fully loaded with fuel, crashed shortly after takeoff before bursting into a fireball.”
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“Three UPS crew members died and 11 others died after the plane smashed into nearby businesses.”
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“Capt. Richard Wartenberg, 57; First Officer Lee Truitt, 45; and International Relief Officer Capt. Dana Diamond, 62, were identified by UPS as the crew members killed on the doomed flight.”
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“The plane only reached 30 feet above ground level and a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board ruled that the left engine separated from the rest of the aircraft.”
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“The initial death toll was 14, but Alain Rodriguez Colina, who was left severely injured, died on Christmas Day seven weeks later.”
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