Louisville, KY — Newly leaked internal emails obtained by federal investigators suggest that a UPS safety inspector issued an urgent warning about an unusual fuel-pressure spike in one of the cargo jets just 24 hours before the fatal crash that killed 12.
According to sources familiar with the leak, the alert was flagged as low-priority and never reached maintenance supervisors in time. Now, investigators are reviewing who accessed or ignored the message.
“It’s becoming clear someone knew about the anomaly,” said a federal aviation analyst close to the probe. “The question is — did they silence it, or simply miss it?”
Documents show the inspector’s warning was routed through an internal system accessible to three technicians and one senior fuel systems engineer, whose identities remain undisclosed pending verification.
Officials stress that no individual has been accused of wrongdoing, but investigators are reportedly focusing on who had clearance to override the alert — a move that could have prevented the data deletion later found on the aircraft’s black box.
“This may connect the dots between the fuel spike and the deliberate wipe,” another source said.
