Following the UPS plane crash that killed at least 13 people, one Louisvillian and two businesses are suing the company that owned the plane, its manufacturer and the designer of its engine.

On Nov. 4, an MD-11 UPS cargo plane crashed during takeoff from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport after the left engine fell off the aircraft. An enormous black plume of smoke hung over the UPS Worldport, the airport and surrounding businesses for several hours as dozens of fire crews rushed to put out the blaze.

Two days later, a local business owner and a city resident filed a class action complaint against UPS, GE and Boeing. The lawsuit alleges the defendants were “reckless and negligent.” The plaintiffs are asking a federal judge to certify their class, which they say has more than 1

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