A legal firm said today that it has been retained by the family of a victim of the Nov. 4 crash of a UPS MD-11 cargo jet near Louisville, Kentucky. According to the National Traffic Safety Board’s (NTSB) preliminary report, released Thursday, the aircraft went down shortly after takeoff from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport after an engine detatched from a wing. All three crew members and 11 people on the ground were killed.

The firm, Chicago-based Clifford Law Offices, said it has engaged aviation experts to review the early findings, as well as to conduct its own independent review of the accident. The firm’s founder, Robert A. Clifford, said he believes the accident could have been prevented.

“Already we have aviation experts examining the crash, and given the early infor

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