Kentucky House adopts resolution honoring victims of UPS Flight 2976, observes moment of silence

The Kentucky House of Representatives on Jan. 13 adopted House Resolution 21 to honor victims and first responders to the Nov. 4, 2025 crash of United Parcel Service Airlines Flight 2976.

Representative Wildner read the resolution, which recounts the cargo plane’s left-engine separation during its takeoff roll from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport to Honolulu and lists 15 people who died and dozens who were injured. The resolution names flight crew members and people who died on the ground and commends the coordinated response from Louisville Metro Fire, the airport authority, local police agencies and federal investigators.

“This was Kentuckians in our finest moment, doing whatever we could, whatever was necessary without question,” Representative Wildner said, asking members to join in cosponsoring the resolution and requesting a moment of silence for the victims. Members rose and observed the moment of silence.

The resolution notes the involvement of multiple agencies — including the Louisville Fire Department, Kentucky State Police, the National Transportation Safety Board and federal investigators — and praises regional mutual-aid among fire and emergency services, hospitals and other responders during search and recovery operations.

The clerk opened the board for members to indicate cosponsorship, and the resolution was moved and adopted after no objection was recorded in the chamber.

The resolution does not impose any legal or budgetary requirement; it is a formal expression of the House’s condolences and recognition of the emergency response. The clerk’s reading and the request for cosponsors took place on the House floor Jan. 13; members remained free to indicate cosponsorship at the clerk’s desk.