COURSE OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. MUCH MORE WITH FUTURECAST COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES TO BREAKING NEWS JUST COMING IN NOW OUT OF JAFFREY. FIRE CREWS ARE RESPONDING TO A SMALL PLANE CRASH REPORTED AT THE AIRPORT ON TURNPIKE ROAD. AGAIN, THIS IS IN JAFFREY.

Federal safety investigators will hold hearings this week examining why the engine flew off a UPS cargo plane last year, killing 15 people, and why Boeing didn’t address the underlying flaw sooner.

A 23-year-old North Texas native died in a plane crash alongside another pilot and two nurses during a medical transport mission.

Investigators suggested that infrequent maintenance requirements, among other issues, appeared to contribute to the faulty part that caused the crash, which killed 15 people last year.

Day one of the NTSB hearing on the deadly UPS Flight 2976 crash in Louisville revealed a last-minute plane switch and pylon issues.

A wildfire sparked by the fatal crash of a small medical plane in New Mexico has triggered evacuations for a rural area north of the Capitan Mountains and closures in the Lincoln National Forest.

The NTSB also revealed that the crew of the crashed jet had been reassigned to it after their original plane was taken out of service.

A UPS plane crash that killed 15 people last year might have been prevented if an original inspection schedule hadn’t been relaxed, but mechanics didn’t get a close look at the parts that should have kept an engine from flying off its wing because federal regulators allowed Boeing to recommend checking them less frequently,