UPS Flight 2976, an MD-11 Freighter, Crashes After Takeoff in Louisville

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• Transport09/23/2026@BuildDesk

  Amazon Cargo Jet Overruns Miami Runway, Killing Five

  Miami International Airport, Northwest 67th Avenue, Miami-Dade County, Florida 33152, United States21 Air

  

  Starts 09/06/2026 5:53PM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 6 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better30 days agoCNN^[1] reports the plane "overran the runway after landing in Miami around 2 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said" on Sunday 6 September; Wikipedia^[2] and NBC News^[3] put it at "around 1:53 p.m." / "just before 2 p.m. ET" (17:53 UTC).

  21 Air Flight 7598, a 32-year-old Boeing 767 freighter flying for Amazon Air from San Juan, overran runway 30 on landing at Miami International Airport and struck a van of airline cleaning workers and an SUV; five people on the ground died.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  UPS Completes $1 Billion Expansion of Worldport to 5.2 Million Square Feet

  Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, Louisville, KY, USAUPS

  

  Starts 04/30/2010ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins70% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 70%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidence16.4 years agoNo source gives an exact completion date. UPS's own first-quarter release of 27 April 2010 (the pin's reference) says the second phase of the Worldport expansion opened during the quarter, while PARCEL Industry (28 April 2010) and Wikipedia place the completed expansion in April 2010. Dated to the last day of April 2010 as an estimate; the previous 2010-04-27 was the press release date.^[1]

  UPS finished a second, roughly $1 billion expansion of its Worldport air-freight hub in Louisville, Kentucky, adding 1.2 million square feet and lifting the total footprint to 5.2 million square feet. The upgrade raised the hub's sorting capacity by 37%, to 416,000 packages an hour.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  UPS Worldport Opens as the World's Largest Package Sorting Hub

  Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, Louisville, KY, USAUPS

  

  Starts 09/01/2002ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins67% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 67%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidence24.1 years agoUPS and trade press (PARCEL Industry^[2], FreightWaves) date the $1 billion Worldport expansion's completion to September 2002, but no source gives the exact calendar day.

  UPS finished a three-phase, $1 billion expansion of its Louisville air hub in September 2002, doubling it to 4 million square feet and creating Worldport, the world's largest fully automated package-handling facility.

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• Transport09/23/2026@BuildDesk

  Amazon Pauses Operations With 21 Air After Miami Crash

  410 Terry Avenue North, South Lake Union, Seattle, WA 98109, United StatesAmazon

  

  Starts 09/13/2026 11:15PM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins86% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 86%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better23 days agoAmazon's updates page files the pause statement under "September 13, Updated at 4:15 p.m. PT" (23:15 UTC), and the AP and NBC News^[4] report "Amazon said Sunday" it had suspended 21 Air.

  A week after 21 Air Flight 7598 overran a Miami runway and killed five people, Amazon said it had paused its operations with the North Carolina cargo carrier, which had flown Amazon Air packages since 2024.

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• Transport09/24/2026@BuildDesk

  Business Jet Crashes Into Murphy Canyon Homes, Killing All Six Aboard

  3191 Salmon Street, Murphy Canyon Heights, San Diego, California, 92124, United States

  

  Starts 05/22/2025 10:47AM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.4 years agoNTSB^[1] preliminary report WPR25FA161: "On May 22, 2025, at 0347 Pacific daylight time (PDT), a Cessna Citation S550, N666DS, was destroyed" - 10:47 UTC.

  A Cessna Citation flying a night instrument approach to Montgomery-Gibbs in dense fog hit power lines and came down on a military housing street, igniting a house and 20 vehicles.

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• Aerospace09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Boeing Delivers Its First 747-8 Freighter to Cargolux

  Boeing Everett Factory, Everett, Washington, USABoeing

  

  Starts 10/12/2011CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins78% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 78%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better15.0 years agoBoeing's own October 12, 2011 press release announced the delivery of the first 747-8 Freighter to Cargolux.^[1]

  Boeing handed over the first 747-8 Freighter to launch customer Cargolux at its Everett, Washington widebody plant, putting the largest version of the 747 into commercial cargo service.

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• Infrastructure09/24/2026@BuildDesk

  Logan Closes Runway 9-27 for 75 Days to Finish Its Overrun Safety Bed

  Logan International Airport, 1, Harborside Drive, East Boston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02128, United StatesMassachusetts Port Authority

  

  08/31/2026 - 11/13/2026SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins77% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 77%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better36 days agoScheduled, per Massport^[1][5]: "Runway 9-27 will be closed, with only very limited availability, for 75 days starting August 31", "with work expected to be completed before Thanksgiving" - 75 days ends 13 November.

  Massport shut Boston Logan's Runway 9-27 from 31 August 2026 for 75 days to finish an Engineered Material Arresting System, a crushable bed on a deck partly over the harbour that stops planes overrunning Runway 27.

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• Business10/05/2026@EconDesk

  UPS Raises 2026 Outlook as Its Amazon Glide-Down Ends

  55 Glenlake Parkway NE, Sandy Springs, Georgia, United StatesUnited Parcel Service

  

  Starts 07/28/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better70 days agoUPS's^[1] release is dated July 28, 2026, 6:00am EDT (Business Wire), and CNBC's^[4] report is published the same day (Tue, Jul 28 2026).

  On 28 July 2026 UPS reported second-quarter revenue of US$22.8 billion and adjusted earnings of US$1.76 a share, and raised its full-year revenue outlook to about US$91.2 billion after completing its Amazon glide-down.

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• Aerospace10/04/2026@EconDesk

  The Boeing 777 Makes Its First Flight From Everett

  Boeing Everett Factory, Everett, Washington, United StatesBoeing Commercial Airplanes

  

  Starts 06/12/1994CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins82% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 82%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better32.3 years agoBoeing's^[1] own feature caption reads "The first 777 takes off from Paine Field in Everett on its first flight on June 12, 1994"; Wikipedia's^[3] 777 infobox and EBSCO^[2] give the same date.

  On 12 June 1994 the first Boeing 777 took off from Paine Field in Everett, Washington, flown by chief test pilot John Cashman, starting an 11-month test program for the world's largest twinjet.

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• Aerospace09/21/2026@BuildDesk

  The Boeing 787 Dreamliner Makes Its Maiden Flight

  Paine Field, Everett, Washington, USABoeing Commercial Airplanes

  

  Starts 12/15/2009 6:27PM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins2.5 years late82% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 82%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better16.8 years agoHappened as dated, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: "On December 15, 2009, Boeing conducted the 787-8 maiden flight from Paine Field in Everett, Washington, at 10:27 am PST."

  N787BA lifted off from Paine Field at 10:27 am PST and landed three hours later at Boeing Field, reaching 180 knots and 13,200 feet. The first airliner with a primarily composite airframe flew more than two years later than Boeing first promised.

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• Business10/04/2026@EconDesk

  Boeing Completes Its Acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems

  Wichita, Kansas, United StatesBoeing Commercial Airplanes

  

  Starts 12/08/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better302 days agoBoeing's press release is datelined "ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 8, 2025" and the same text was filed with the SEC^[2] as Exhibit 99.1.

  On 8 December 2025 Boeing announced it had completed the purchase of Spirit AeroSystems, bringing the 737 fuselage maker and its Wichita, Dallas, Tulsa and Belfast operations back under Boeing.

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• Aerospace09/20/2026@TechDesk

  Boeing 777-9 First Delivery

  Everett, WashingtonBoeing

  

  Starts 06/30/2027ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins6.5 years late75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterin 267 daysBoeing^[2] says only 2027. Lufthansa, the launch customer, has delivery “currently scheduled for mid-2027” per Lufthansa Aviation Training, so the pin sits at the middle of the year.

  Boeing says the first 777-9 will be delivered in 2027, seven years late, after taking a $4.9 billion charge; Lufthansa is the launch customer, with delivery currently scheduled for mid-2027, and Emirates has signalled it is planning for late 2027.

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