Lawyers representing families of two victims killed in a UPS cargo plane crash in Kentucky have filed a wrongful death lawsuit, claiming that the aging aircraft involved in the incident was too dangerous to still be in service.

The Associated Press reports that the lawsuit was filed on December 3, on behalf of Angela Anderson, a woman who was killed in the crash while shopping at a business by the airport, and Trinadette Chavez, who was working at a nearby auto parts dealer. Lawyers allege that UPS sought to save money by keeping older planes flying, while failing to increase the number of inspections on those aircraft.

"This plane should have never been in the air," attorney Bradley Cosgrove said at a news conference announcing the lawsuit, which also names Boeing for owning the original manufacturer of the plane, and General Electric, for its role in making the plane's engine.

Three pilots and 11 people were killed in the November 4 crash in Louisville, Kentucky, after the left wing and engine of an MD-11 jet operated by UPS caught fire and detached as the plane was taking off. The cargo plane was said to have gotten roughly 30 feet off the ground before it lost control and struck the roof of a neighboring warehouse, crashed into an industrial storage yard, and erupted into flames.

Both UPS and FedEx grounded their MD-11 cargo planes less than a week later, after the Federal Aviation Administration determined that the issue that led to the detached engine was "likely to exist or develop in other products of the same type design." The National Transportation Safety Board later found that there were cracks in the engine-mounting structure of the plane. According to the lawsuit, the plane's engine mount hadn't undergone a detailed inspection since 2021, and wasn't due for another one for another 7,000 takeoffs and landings.