LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The National Transportation Safety Board says they have been successful in obtaining information from the data recorders aboard the UPS jet that crashed during takeoff from Louisville on Nov. 4, 2025.

NTSB spokesman Todd Inman said preliminary data shows the MD-11F cargo jet, that was Flight 2976, had reached an altitude of 450 feet before it crashed. Inman said the jet had reached a speed of 183 knots (210 mph).

The flight data (FDR) and cockpit voice (CVR) recorders have been flown to the NTSB lab in Washington D.C., where the information they contain will be analyzed.

The FDR has 63 hours of information covering the last 24 flights made by the aircraft. The CVR contains two hours of audio, including the accident flight.

Inman said the NTSB will not release a

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